Jaroslav Haszek (1883–1923) Czech satirist, anarchist, playwright, feuilletonist, journalist, commissar of the Red Army . The author of about 1,500 different stories, feuilletons and other works, from which his unfinished novel The Adventures of the Brave Soldier Schweik received worldwide fame. This is perhaps one of the most original books in the history of prose XX in .. The book, which can equally be perceived as one large, full of absolutely inimitable folk crafty "soldier's tale" - or as a classic work of literature of the past century. Funny? Funny homeric! But very often through the windy and witty humor of the "garrison anecdote" overlooks the true essence of "Soldier Schweik" - a desperate and powerful call to "put down your weapons and think" ... This edition includes selected works of the author .