Awarded honorary citizen of Prague 10 (2021).
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Karel Čapek
Karel Čapek 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., which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strong…
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culture · Czech science fiction writer and playwright (1890–1938) · translator · novelist · director · photographer · playwright · journalist · science fiction writer · children's writer · writer · philosopher · also Karel Čapek, Karel Capek, Čapek
Born 9 January 1890 · Died 25 December 1938 · Q155855
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Mírové poselství Karla Čapka, ČsRo 1937-12-24
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2019· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Hradec Králové (2019).
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2009· 1 entry
(70 years after his death), a book was published containing extensive correspondence by Karel Čapek, in which the writer discusses pacifism and his conscientious objection to military service with lawyer Jindřich Groag f
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class (1995).
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1938· 2 entries
Died 1938-12-25.
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It became clear that the Western allies, namely France and the United Kingdom, would fail to fulfil the pre-war treaty agreements, and they refused to defend Czechoslovakia against Nazi Germany
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1935· 1 entry
Married actress Olga Scheinpflugová, after a long acquaintance
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1933· 1 entry
Also explained that he had originally wanted to call the creatures laboři (from Latin labor, work)
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1922· 1 entry
And was being performed in the UK and America by 1923
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1890· 2 entries
Born 1890-01-09.
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In the village of Malé Svatoňovice in the Bohemian mountains
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