caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date image article_title name occupation
jan karafiát 31 january 1929 prague jimramov 04 january 1846 karafiat jan1.jpg jan karafiát -lrb- author -rrb-
 jan karafiát theologian , author
jan karafiát -lrb- author -rrb-

jan karafiát -lrb- 4 january 1846 -- 31 january 1929 -rrb- was a czech clergyman of the evangelical church of czech brethren and author .
he is best known for his classic children 's book `` broučci '' , the czech language word for beetle , that was first published in the early 1870s .
traditional czech figurines of fairylike insect people are based on the characters in the book .
