J.A. Novotný was born on March 23, 1918 in Krocehlavy, Kladno, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for
A Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955),
Týden v tichém dome (1947) and
Vzorný kinematograf Haska Jaroslava (1956). He died on September 28, 2005 in Prague, Czech Republic.