Jaroslav Foglar

Jaroslav Foglar
Jaroslav Foglar in the 1980s
Born	(1907-07-06)6 July 1907 Prague, Bohemia
Died	23 January 1999(1999-01-23) (aged 91) Prague, Czech Republic
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Czechoslovak
Subject	Youths and their adventures in nature and dark city streets
Literary movement	Wandervogel, Scouting
Notable works	Rychlé šípy, Hoši od Bobří řeky, Přístav volá
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Jaroslav Foglar (6 July 1907 – 23 January 1999) was a Czechoslovak writer who wrote many novels about youths (partly also about the Boy Scouts movement) and their adventures in nature and dark city streets. His signature series is Rychlé šípy, which was adapted into comics by Jan Fischer.^[1]