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Karel Čapek (Czech: [ˈkarɛl ˈtʃapɛk] ⓘ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction , including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R. ( Rossum's Universal Robots , 1920), which introduced the word robot .
Život a dílo skladatele Foltýna (Life and Work of the Composer Foltýn) is an unfinished Czech novel, written by Karel Čapek. It was first published posthumously in 1939. It was first published posthumously in 1939.
Pictures from the Insects' Life (Czech: Ze života hmyzu) – also known as The Insect Play, The Life of the Insects, The Insect Comedy, The World We Live In and From Insect Life – is a satirical play that was written in Czech by the Brothers Čapek (Karel and Josef), who collaborated on 4 stage works, of which this is the most famous.
R.U.R. is a 1920 science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, [1] a phrase that has been used as a subtitle in English versions). [2]
Josef Čapek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945 [1]) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet. He invented the word " robot ", which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek .
There is the Čapek Brothers Museum in the birth house of Karel Čapek. Karel's brother Josef was the first Czech Cubist and some of his work is also displayed in the museum. [ 8 ]
Karel Čapek (left) and Josef Čapek (right) The Brothers Čapek were Josef and Karel Čapek, Czech writers who sometimes wrote together.They are commemorated both for their literary/artistic works and political activism against oppressive government.
Karel Václav Rais (1859–1926), realist novelist, author of the so-called country prose, numerous books for youth and children, and several poems; Vojtěch Rakous, pseudonym of Adalbert Östreicher (1862–1935), writer and journalist. [5] Bohuslav Reynek (1892–1971) Sylvie Richterová (born 1945), poet and literary scholar