Before the war, in 1912, he had published the book "The Good Soldier Švejk and other strange stories" ("Dobrý voják Švejk a jiné podivné historky") where the figure of Švejk appeared for the first time; but it was only after the war in his famous novel that Švejk became a "sancta simplicitas", a cheerful idiot who joked about the war as if it were a tavern brawl.
Jaroslav Hašek, češki pisatelj in vojak, * 30. april 1883 , Praga, † 3. januar 1923, Lipnice nad Sázavou.