Karel Vanek(1883-1933)
- Writer
Karel Vanek was born on 17 March 1883 in Kostelec nad Cernými lesy, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Svejk v ruském zajetí (1927), Schwejk in Zivil (1928) and Svejk v civilu (1927). He died on 18 July 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].