Jaroslav Foglar

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Jaroslav Foglar

Jaroslav Foglar (born July 6, 1907 in Prague ; † January 23, 1999 there ) was the most important Czech author of books for young people of the 20th century with 29 books and other publications . Under the name Jestřáb (hawk), he led groups of scouts (Skaut in Czech, derived from Scout ) his whole life .

Life

Foglar was born in the Nusle district of Prague , attended the General Business School, then became an employee, educational assistant and responsible editor of the magazines Mladý hlasatel (The Young Crier ), Junák (another name for boy scouts ) and Vpřed (Forward).

At the age of four he lost his father of thirty-nine and lived with his brother with his mother. In 1920 he visited the Jestřáb scout group for the first time . At the age of thirteen he published his first poem Měsíční noci ( Moon nights). In 1921 his first short story Vítězství (Victory) was published. In 1925 he finished business school, worked briefly in the information office Wys Müller et Company and at the age of thirteen joined the Oskar Stein paper wholesale company as an employee. During the holidays he was out with the Boy Scouts, became a group leader and remained so for sixty years until 1987.

In 1934 his first book was published by the Melantrich publishing house: Přístav volá (The port calls). He became editor of the magazine Mladý hlasatel . In 1937 he called on his young readers to found a reading club - a novelty at the time. His novel Hoši od Bobří řeky (The Boys from the Beaver River) with illustrations by Zdeněk Burian was published in the summer . In 1938 he took over the management of the magazine with Karel Bureš and from December 17, 1938 the first episode of the now legendary comic series Rychlé šípy (Fast Arrows), illustrated by Jan Fischer, appeared there . In 1941 Mladý hlasatel was banned by the Nazis . Shortly after the war he edited the Junák magazine , but soon left the editorial team and founded Vpřed . The first magazine appears on April 9, 1946 with the reissued comics Rychlé šípy on the cover. After the communist takeover by Klement Gottwald in 1948, the magazine was discontinued.

In the 1950s he worked as an educator in a youth center under the supervision of the State Security Service. Even during this time he did not stop writing. After a long break, Tajemná Řásnovka (The mysterious Řásnovka (an imaginary part of the city)) appeared in 1965 . The Fast Arrows appeared in Ostrau with new series, drawn by Marko Čermák .

In the seventies the writer devoted himself mainly to scouting activities and wrote only for magazines. Later the book Náš oddíl (Our Department) was published, which reflects his experience of sixty years of work in youth work.

His mother died on February 18, 1980 at the age of 102. The comic series Modrá rokle (The Blue Gorge) and Ztracený kamarád (The Lost Friend) , published in collaboration with Karel Saudek , date from the 1980s .

After the fall of the Wall in 1989, Foglar opened up again to its readers. At the Olympia publishing house he published the trilogy Dobrodružství v temných uličkách (Adventure in Dark Alleys). Since 1995 he had to be treated as an inpatient due to illness, but occasionally continued to take part in readings and discussions with his readers. To mark his 90th birthday, the Prague City Museum organized an exhibition under the motto Po stopách Rychlých šípů (In the footsteps of the rapid arrows). The fifteenth edition of the book Hoši od Bobří řeky was published . In 1998 he met Karel Bureš again after 50 years. And in November a complete edition of the Fast Arrows was published.

On January 23, 1999, after a long illness, he died in Prague's Thomayer Hospital and was buried in the Vinohrady Cemetery in Prague.

On July 28, 1999 the asteroid (9102) Foglar was named after him.

Publications (in German )

  • The boys from the beaver river

Film adaptations

  • 1993: The riddle of a puzzle ( Zahada hlavolamu )

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Foglar, Jaroslav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech author of books for young people
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1999
Place of death Prague