Jaroslav Havlíček (3 February 1896 – 7 April 1943) was a Czech novelist.

Jaroslav Havlíček was born in a teacher's family in Jilemnice, Liberec Region.

He studied gymnasium in Jičín and then courses of commercial economics.

Shortly after he entered ČVUT he was drafted to serve in the Austrian army in Kadaň from where he soon went to front (Russia, Italy).

[1] His novels are usually situated to a provincial town with clear signs of Jilemnice at the turn of the 20th century.