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Profile of Jaroslav Foglar
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Jaroslav Foglar |
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6th July 1907 |
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Prague, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic) |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Jaroslav Foglar (6 July 1907 in Prague - 23 January 1999) was a famous Czech author who wrote many novels about young boy scouts and their stories in nature and dark city streets.
While they may be considered ideological, his stories are not mere fables, but are based upon his long-term work with children on summer camps and in club-rooms. He edited several journals for young people:
- Mladý hlasatel ("Young herald"), 1938 - 1941
- Junák ("Scout"), 1945 - 1949
- Vpřed ("Ahead"), 1946 - 1948
and he wrote articles for even more journals including the Skaut, SlunÃÄko, ABC, and the Tramp.
Karel Sýs wrote about him on the back-cover of his book Chata v jezernà kotlině: "I think, that both meaning and effect of his work lies in moral purity based upon author's experience. Foglar raises reliance of children and young people. On pages of his novels there are happening miracles of friendship, nature is painted in its virgin purity, city streets are surrounded by secrets -- and it's possible to believe it all because it was imagined by a pure heart."
Books
Note: the list is probably incomplete.
- Hoši od Bobřà řeky ("Boys from the Beavers' river")
- PÅ™Ãstav volá ("The port is calling")
- Když duben přicházà ("When April is coming")
- Pod junáckou vlajkou ("Under the Scouts' flag")
- Devadesátka pokraÄuje ("The Ninety goes on")
- Záhada hlavolamu ("The mystery of the conundrum")
- StÃnadla se bouřà ("StÃnadla are revolting")
- Tajemstvà velkého Vonta ("The mystery of the big Vont")
- Strach nad Bobřà řekou ("Fear above the Beavers' river")
- Chata v jezernà kotlině ("The log-house in the lake basin")
- Tábor smůly ("The camp of ill luck")
- Tajemná Řásnovka ("Mysterious Řásnovka")
- Boj o prvnà mÃsto ("A fight over the first place")
- Historie svorné sedmy ("The history of the harmonious seven")
- Poklad ÄŒerného delfÃna ("The treasure of the Black dolphin")
- Kronika ztracené stopy ("The Chronicle of the lost trace")
- Náš oddÃl ("Our group")
- Dobrodružstvà v zemi nikoho ("An adventure in the no-man's land")
- Modrá rokle ("The Blue gorge")
- Jestřábe, vypravuj ("Tell us the story, Goshawk")
- Život v poklusu ("A life in a trot")
Foglar is also the author of a comics serial called Rychlé Å¡Ãpy, very successful among young readers.
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