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Josef Lada

1887 - 1957

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Josef Lada (17 December 1887 – 14 December 1957) was a Czech painter, illustrator, cartoonist and writer. He was pioneer of the Czech comicbook tradition and founder of the "Czech modern fairytale" genre. He is considered one of the greatest Czech artists of all times – which is also what the world-famous Pablo Picasso had claimed him to be. He is best known for his children's books and as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War I novel The Good Soldier Švejk. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Lada is the 1,858th most popular writer (up from 1,922nd in 2019), the 240th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 243rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among writers, Josef Lada ranks 1,858 out of 7,302. Before him are R. M. Ballantyne, Miklós Nyiszli, John Green, Aelianus Tacticus, Feng Menglong, and Nicander. After him are Trygve Gulbranssen, Oswald von Wolkenstein, Ji Kang, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Agathangelos, and Georges Duhamel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Lada ranks 88. Before him are Kazimierz Fajans, Hitoshi Ashida, Friedrich Zander, François Faber, George, Crown Prince of Serbia, and Korechika Anami. After him are Avery Brundage, Roscoe Arbuckle, Wilhelm Kube, René Spitz, Rudolph Lewis, and Octave Lapize. Among people deceased in 1957, Josef Lada ranks 75. Before him are Malcolm Lowry, Theodor Körner, James Brendan Connolly, Eugenio Castellotti, Jack Butler Yeats, and Soemu Toyoda. After him are Shūmei Ōkawa, Álvaro Gestido, Rudolf Schmidt, Dorothy L. Sayers, Pedro Infante, and Josef Hofmann.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Lada ranks 240 out of 1,200. Before him are Helena Vondráčková (1947), Miloš Jakeš (1922), Sidonie of Poděbrady (1449), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Otto Kittel (1917), and Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia (1035). After him are Václav Neumann (1920), Zdeněk Zeman (1947), Bretislav II (1100), Jan Stráský (1940), Silvia Saint (1976), and Vladimír Menšík (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Lada ranks 26. Before him are Martin of Opava (1300), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Ivan Klíma (1931), Otfried Preußler (1923), Egon Kisch (1885), and Princess Michael of Kent (1945). After him are Petr Ginz (1928), Vítězslav Nezval (1900), Pavel Kohout (1928), Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Alois Jirásek (1851), and Ernst Weiss (1882).

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