Jaroslav Hashek (1883-1923) û a Czech humorist, satirist, writer and socialist anarchist best known for his novel, The Good Soldier Schweik, an unfinished collection of farcical incidents about a soldier in World War I, which has been translated into sixty languages. He also wrote some 1,500 short stories. He was a journalist, bohemian, and practical joker.

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