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

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.