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Ferda Mravenec

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Drawing with Ferda Mravenec on the playground

Ferda Mravenec ("Ferda the Ant", also known as Ferdy/Ferdi) is a Czech literary and comics character, an anthropomorphic ant created by Ondřej Sekora, who both wrote and illustrated the stories.[1][2] It was first published in 1933 in the Lidové noviny newspaper.[3] The character appeared in many Czech children stories.

Knížka Ferdy Mravence (book of Ferdinand the Ant), which unites three previous books: Ferda Mravenec (1936), Ferda Mravenec v cizích službách (Ferda the Ant in Foreign Services, 1938) and Ferda v mraveništi (Ferda in the Anthill, 1938). Many other books about Ferda were published along with an animated TV series which premiered in 1984.

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References

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  1. ^ Cílek, Václav (1 September 2009). "There Goes the Neighbourhood". Respekt. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  2. ^ Lochhead, Guy (6 December 2010). "Ondřej Sekora". The British Whybrary. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Před 80 lety se narodil Ferda Mravenec. Na stránkach LN". Lidové noviny (in Czech). lidovky.cz. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.