caption death_date death_place influenced birth_place notableworks birth_date signature genre image article_title name occupation
jaroslav hašek in his late years 3 january 1923 lipnice nad sázavou , czechoslovakia joseph heller , bohumil hrabal prague , austria-hungary '' the good soldier Švejk '' 30 april 1883 jaroslav hašek - podpis.svg satire jaroslav hašek.gif jaroslav hašek
 jaroslav hašek novelist , soldier
jaroslav hašek

jaroslav hašek -lrb- ; april 30 , 1883 -- january 3 , 1923 -rrb- was a czech writer , humorist , satirist , journalist , bohemian and anarchist .
he is best known for his novel `` the good soldier Švejk '' , an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in world war i and a satire on the ineptitude of authority figures .
the novel has been translated into about sixty languages , making it the most translated novel in czech literature .
