It’s Jaroslav Hašek’s birthday!

Join us in celebrating the inimitable Czech author, whose life and work were devoted to truth, justice, and having a good time

Jaroslav Hašek was born on this day in 1883. Read this newly translated story by him, courtesy of Dustin, and, if you haven’t already, order The Man Without a Transit Pass

Tal día como hoy en 1883 nacía uno de nuestros autores preferidos: Jaroslav Hašek. Un escritor de gran talento y un sentido del humor único.

Jaroslav Hašek #botd in 1883

Ein ordensgeschmückter General mit Schluckauf ersetzt jeden Schellenbaum.

Jaroslav Hašek #JaroslavHasek
* 30. 4.1883 in Prag
† 3. 1.1923 in Lipnice nad Sázavou

Le 30 avril 1883, l’auteur #Jaroslav_Hašek est né à Prague. Surtout connu pour avoir écrit le livre « le brave soldat #chveik », livre satirique et anti guerre, Hasek était également #anarchiste buff.ly/3vwtdI4

Born #onthisday1883 Jaroslav Hašek Czech #writer #satirist #humorist & #journalist Best known 4 dark #novel The Good Soldier Švejk (1921–23) good-humoured middle-aged man enthusiastically serving in World War I Translated into 60 languages Czech literature’s most translated novel

“And somewhere from the dim ages of history the truth dawned upon Europe that the morrow would obliterate the plans of today.”

✒️ #JaroslavHašek , Czech soldier and author of 'The Fate of the Good Soldier Švejk during the World War,' was #BOTD 30 April 1883. #Literature

False allegations of election interference serve the dual purpose of persuading people that elections still matter (they don’t) while also making a bogus case for war

I like Cecil Parrott’s translation of Švejk, but I don’t know how he could have read something like this and then claimed (in his intro) that Jaroslav Hašek had little talent for the more interstitial requirements of the novel

Jan Stoupa: Při odvodech... ZABAVENO

Je možné, že text mohl napsat Jaroslav Hašek pod pseudonymem. Obrázek velmi připomíná odvodní komisi na Střeleckém ostrově, když doktor Bautze poslal Švejka, coby simulanta, na garnizon k doktoru Grünsteinovi. svejkmuseum.cz/new/spisy/pluk… 4/x

The fusion of foreign policy and domestic policy objectives, to the point of the two becoming virtually indistinguishable, was one of the foremost hallmarks of 20th-century fascism, and we’re seeing that dynamic on full display throughout the West right now

Jaroslav's Pen Good evening, I came across a beautiful photo from our Czech film The Good Soldier Svejk (1956). It's a really great film! It would be worth making an English dub for it, I'm ready to help.
Svejk shouts: 'To Belgrade!

Is it just me, or is this ISA beginning to feel more like a RSA?