# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-karafiat
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:55:52.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jan-karafiat"
name: "Jan Karafiát"
slug: "jan-karafiat"
description: "Jan Karafiát was a Czech clergyman of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren and author. He is best known for his classic children's book Broučci, the Czech language word for Fireflies, 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 of Kralice – the first Czech protestant translation of the Bible."
tagline: "Czech religious writer and educator (1846-1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Karafiat_jan1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1846-01-04"
deathDate: "1929-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.25
  momentum:             8.349056603773585
  historical:           12.33747333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2511036/"
    handle:    "nm2511036"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چان كارافيات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Karafiát"
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    title: "Jan Karafiát"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karafi%C3%A1t_(author)"
    title: "Jan Karafiát (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karafi%C3%A1t"
    title: "Jan Karafiát"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karafi%C3%A1t_(%C3%A9crivain)"
    title: "Jan Karafiát (écrivain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Karafi%C3%A1t"
    title: "Jan Karafiát"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%82_(%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Јан Карафиат (автор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Karafiát (forfatter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jan Karafiát"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ян Карафіат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jan_Karafi%C3%A1t"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2244045"
    title: "Jan Karafiát"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump