Josef Lada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Josef Lada

Czech anarchist, illustrator, caricaturist, painter, scenographer and writer

Date of Birth: 17-Dec-1887

Place of Birth: Hrusice, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1957

Profession: writer, illustrator, painter, children's writer

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Josef Lada (born 17 December 1887 in Hrusice, Bohemia – 14 December 1957 in Prague, buried at Olšany Cemetery) was a Czech painter, illustrator and writer.
He is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War I novel The Good Soldier Švejk, having won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1963. The asteroid 17625 Joseflada has been named after him.