Jan Karafiát (author), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jan Karafiát (author)

religious writer and educator from Czechoslovakia

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1846

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1929

Profession: writer, parson, pedagogue, theologian, children's writer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jan Karafiát (author)

  • Jan Karafiát (4 January 1846 — 31 January 1929) was a Czech clergyman of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren and author.
  • He is best known for his classic children's book Broucci, the Czech language word for beetle, that was first published in the early 1870s.
  • Traditional Czech figurines of fairylike insect people are based on the characters in the book.
  • He is also known for his poetry, which often reflected his religious beliefs, additionally he was one of the reviewers of Bible kralická - the first Czech protestant translation of the Bible.

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