Ferda Mravenec
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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.
Media
[edit]Short films
[edit]- Ferda Mravenec (1942)
- Příhody Ferdy Mravence (1977)
- Ferda v cizích službách (1977)
- Ferda v mraveništi (1977)
- Příhody Brouka Pytlíka (1978)
- Jak se měl Ferda ve světě (1978)
Television series
[edit]- Ferdy the Ant (1984 – 1985)
References
[edit]- ^ Cílek, Václav (1 September 2009). "There Goes the Neighbourhood". Respekt. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ Lochhead, Guy (6 December 2010). "Ondřej Sekora". The British Whybrary. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ "Před 80 lety se narodil Ferda Mravenec. Na stránkach LN". Lidové noviny (in Czech). lidovky.cz. 1 January 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2014.