Franta Sauer  František "Franta" Sauer (4th December 1882, Prague – 26th March 1947, Prague) was a Czech writer and a member of the Czech artistic group of bohemes. He was a close friend of the well known writer Jaroslav Hašek. He came from a poor family conditions as a seventh of eight childs of Jan Sauera and Barbora Sauerová (born as Hájková). His parents were illiterate, and his father had many various jobs. Mother was a maid. His education had an early end because he failed multiple times in the 2nd year of middle school so he went on a vocation school and became a locksmith. He returned to Prague district Žižkov after his journeyman’s travels where he lived with his mother and sister. He went through a lot of jobs exactly as his father. His political opinions were firstly closer to social democracy (he was a member of the Social Democratic party for a short time) and then to anarchy. His manners often crossed the line and he was sued and even imprisoned. Stories from František’s life appeared in the news frequently. In the November 1918 he organized a demolition of Marian Column on the Old Town Square. Thereafter, in an article printed in the Rudé právo released on 4th November 1923 he officially confessed to the crime. During the trial he told the jury that he did not want to damage the Column but only remove it because of patriotic reasons. The trial in 1924 let him without any sanction because that action he did was barred. In the Žižkov, according to his own memorials, he organized club Černá Ruka after the year 1918. This association were moving people which had no place to live in to classified apartments. (Same mention is in the novel Anna Proletářka by Ivan Olbracht.) František was a friend of Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923) and Zdena Ančík (1900–1972), Vratislav Hugo Brunner (1886–1928), Zdeněk Matěj Kuděj (1881–1955), Josef Lada (1887–1957), Emil Artur Longen (1885–1936), Xena Longenová (1891–1928) or Jaroslav Panuška (1872–1958) and many others.