Josef Lada [SEP] place of death
Josef Lada
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.
Life.
Born in the small village of Hrusice in a cobbler's family, he went to Prague at the age
translated into over 50 languages.
Publication.
Hašek originally intended "Švejk" to cover a total of six volumes, but had completed only three (and started on the fourth) upon his death from heart failure on January 3, 1923. 
The novel as a whole was originally illustrated (after Hašek's death) by Josef Lada and more recently by Czech illustrator Petr Urban.
The volumes are:
1. "Behind the Lines" ("V zázemí", 1921)
2. "