Josef Lada

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Josef Lada (bust in Hrusice)
Schwejk by Josef Lada

Josef Lada (born December 17, 1887 in Hrusice , † December 14, 1957 in Prague ) was a Czech illustrator and children's book author.

Life

The artist with passion illustrated 121 children's books and 197 books for adults and designed covers for 18 children's books and 51 other volumes.

Outside the Czech and Slovak language areas, Josef Lada is primarily known for his illustrations for the novel The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk . Lada gave Jaroslav Hašek's fictional character Schwejk her most famous face. Josef Lada is also known for his stories about the hangover Mikesch and illustrations of numerous children's books and novels.

He is buried in the Olšany Cemetery in Prague.

Works

  • Kater Mikesch ( Kocour Mikeš )
  • The adventures of the good soldier Schwejk in pictures , based on the (almost) eponymous novel by Jaroslav Hašek
  • Slightly failed fairy tales , written down and drawn by Josef Lada, translated by Jürgen Ostmeyer. Albatros, Praha, 1996, ISBN 80-00-00234-5 .
  • Princess Julia ( O Princezně Julince ) - 1987 as the Czech fairytale film Princess Julia directed by Antonín Kachlík with Lucie Tomková as Julia.
  • What one crow told the other .
  • Popanz and Immergrün and other crazy fairy tales (original title: Bubáci a Hastrmani , 1939, translated by Martin Schuster) Sauerländer, Aarau / Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-7941-1567-8 .
  • A shoemaker's boy becomes a painter . Children's book publisher, Berlin 1957 ( DNB 452670527 ).
  • Poodle Muck, the faithful animal, tells stories to you and me . Synek, Praha 1930 ( DNB 361509030 ).

literature

  • Alena Ladová: Můj táta Josef Lada . Prague 1963, most recently at: Riosport-Press, Prague 1999, ISBN 80-86221-19-9 (Lada's biography written down by his daughter Alena Ladová (1925–1992)).

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personal data
SURNAME Lada, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech illustrator and children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Hrusice
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1957
Place of death Prague