Ruda Jurist was born on November 15, 1880 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republik]. He was a writer, known for
Fidlovacka (1930),
Devcátko, neríkej ne! (1932) and
Aféra plukovníka Rédla (1931). He died on February 9, 1966 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].