Karel Čapek
Czech writer (1890-1938)
Karel Čapek (English: Charles Chapek; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czechoslovakian writer, who was the brother of Josef Čapek, an painter and a writer. Čapek first coined the word robot in 1920, through a drama called, R.U.R (Short for Rossumov universal roboti in Bohemian). The events in the first parts of the work take place in a factory where robots are produced. In this drama, robots seem to be like people, and they are like people in almost every way.
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| Born | 9 January 1890 |
| Died | 25 December 1938 (aged 48) |
| Burial place | Vyšehrad Cemetery, Prague |
| Nationality | Austro-Hungarian; later Czechoslovakian |
| Occupation(s) | Translator, mythologist, director, photographer, playwright, journalist, future fiction, children book's, and book writer, philosopher, painter, literary critic, essayist, poet |
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Work
changeDramas
change- Love's Fatal Game (Lásky hra osudná, 1910)
- R.U.R (Short for Rossumov universal roboti in Bohemian, 1920)
- Pictures from the Insect's Life (Ze života hmysu, 1921)
- The Makropulos Affair (Věc Makropulos, 1922)
- Adam the Creator (Adam stvořitel, 1927)
- The White Disease (Bílá nemoc, 1937)
- The Mother (Matka, 1938)
Prose
change- The Luminous Depths (Zárive hlubiny, Karel's brother Josef co-wrote it)
- Crusade of God (Boží muka, 1917)
- The Absolute at Large (Továrna na absolutno, 1922)
- Krakatites (Krakatit, 1922)
- The Gardener's Year (Zahradníkov rok, 1929)
- The War Against The Salamanders (Válka s mloky, 1936)
Children's books
change- Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure (Devatero pohádek a jedna jako přídavek, 1932)
- Dascena, Or The Life of a Puppy (Dášeňka čili život štěněte, 1933)
- Poodle: I Had A Dog And A Cat (Pudlenka aneb měl jsem psa a kočku)
- The Shirts (Košile, short story)