What is Jaroslav Kořán?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jaroslav Kořán |image = Kořán-Jaroslav.jpg |caption = Kořán in December 2012 |office = [[Mayor of Prague]] |term_start = February 1, 1990 |term_end = September 13, 1991 |predecessor = [[Josef Hájek]] |successor = [[Milan Kondr]] |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1940|1|17}} |birth_place = [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|6|2|1940|1|17}} |death_place = |spouse = |children = |alma_mater = [[Academy of Performing Arts in Prague]] |religion = |party = }} '''Jaroslav Kořán''' (January 17, 1940 – June 2, 2017) was a Czech translator, writer, [[screenwriter]], and politician. He is a signatory of [[Charter 77]] during [[Czechoslovakia]]'s [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Communist era]], Kořán translated over seven dozen books, mostly by American writers, from [[English language|English]] into [[Czech language|Czech]], including major works by [[Kurt Vonnegut]], [[Henry Miller]], [[Roald Dahl]], [[Ken Kesey]], [[Charles Bukowski]], [[John Kennedy Toole]], and [[John Wyndham]].<ref name=dnes>{{cite news |title=Zemřel Jaroslav Kořán, první polistopadový primátor Prahy |url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/zemrel-jaroslav-koran-primator-prahy-d8f-/domaci.aspx?c=A170602_122255_domaci_pas |work=[[Mladá fronta DNES]] |date=2017-06-02 |access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref><ref name=akt>{{cite news |title=Zemřel Jaroslav Kořán, překladatel a první polistopadový primátor Prahy |url=https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/domaci/zemrel-prvni-polistopadovy-primator-prahy-jaroslav-koran-s-v/r~09987c24478311e78f16002590604f2e/ |work=[[Czech News Agency]] |publisher=[[Aktuálně.cz]] |date=2017-06-02 |access-date=2017-06-27}}</ref><ref name=ctribune>{{cite news |first=David |last=Rocks |title=Prague's Editor In Brief: Jaroslav Koran, Editor Of Playboy's Czech Edition, Has A History Of Getting To The Bare Facts |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-10-25/features/9310250016_1_dignitaries-cen