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Jaroslav Foglar

Born

in Praha, Czech Republic

July 06, 1907

Died

January 23, 1999

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Foglar was born and grew up in Prague, capital of Bohemia. Because his father died prematurely he was brought up in rather poor material conditions by his mother. He was strongly influenced by romantic parts of Prague. All of the fictional towns in his novels are more or less derived from Prague. During the 1920s, Foglar was strongly influenced by German independent Wandervogel movement as well as Scout movement led by Antonín Benjamin Svojsík under Czech name Junák.

During 1930s and 1940s, Foglar worked as a magazine editor in one of the largest Prague publishing houses, Melantrich. He edited several journals for youths:
Mladý hlasatel ("Young herald"), 1938–1941
Junák ("Scout"), 1945–1949
Vpřed ("Ahead"), 1946–1948

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Average rating: 4.17 · 8,391 ratings · 231 reviews · 54 distinct works • Similar authors

	Záhada hlavolamu (Stínadelská trilogie, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 1,462 ratings — published 1941 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rychlé šípy 4.48 avg rating — 978 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hoši od Bobří řeky 4.12 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — published 1937 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stínadla se bouří (Stínadelská trilogie, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 747 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tajemství Velkého Vonta (Stínadelská trilogie, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chata v Jezerní kotlině 4.11 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1939 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strach nad Bobří řekou 3.79 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pod junáckou vlajkou (Devadesátka, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1940 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Modrá rokle 3.79 avg rating — 223 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dobrodružství v temných uličkách by Jaroslav Foglar, Marko Čermák (illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Stínadelská trilogie (3 books)
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Devadesátka (2 books)
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Kronika Hochů od Bobří řeky (2 books)
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Quotes by Jaroslav Foglar (?)

“Byl jsem tady ve čtvrtek,
Ty jsi tady nebyl,
tak jsem zase hned utek,
strašně jsem se zlobil.”
― Jaroslav Foglar, Celý den drobně prší: Výbor z deníků 1920-1937

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