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