Ferda Mravenec Explained

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

Short films

• 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

• Ferdy the Ant (1984 – 1985)

Notes and References

1. Web site: There Goes the Neighbourhood. Cílek. Václav. Václav Cílek. 1 September 2009. Respekt. 2 May 2014.
2. Web site: Ondřej Sekora. Lochhead. Guy. 6 December 2010. The British Whybrary. 2 May 2014.
3. Web site: Před 80 lety se narodil Ferda Mravenec. Na stránkach LN. 1 January 2013. Lidové noviny. lidovky.cz. Czech. 2 May 2014.