Karel Čapek

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-01-09 (48 years old)

Deathday

1938-12-25

Place of Birth

Malé Svatoňovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Karel Čapek

Biography

Karel Čapek was a Czech writer of the early 20th century. He had multiple roles throughout his career, including playwright, dramatist, essayist, publisher, literary reviewer, photographer and art critic. Nonetheless, he is best known for his science fiction including his novel War with the Newts and the play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word robot

Acting

1963

The Last Years

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1965

2017

Elixir of Youth

as Screenplay

1965

Tři

as Short Story

1967

Psí pohádka

as Short Story

2010

Osudové peníze

as Short Story

1967

Soud pana Havleny

as Short Story

1956

1968

2022

1965

1972

Pan Tomšík

as Short Story

1987

Básník

as Book

1974

Lásky hra osudná

as Theatre Play

1980

Hordubal

as Novel

2018

Insect

as Author

1966

1948

Krakatit

as Novel

1978

1990

2013

1939

1938

2015

Kanón

as Original Story

1981

Zločin na poště

as Short Story

1980

Dark Sun

as Novel

1981

Soud pana Havleny

as Short Story

1981

Zločin v chalupě

as Short Story

1981

Jasnovidec

as Short Story

1982

Plaché příběhy

as Short Story

-

R.U.R.

as Theatre Play

1988

A Dog's Tale

as Story

2018

1973

Record

as Story

1935

Loss of Feeling

as Theatre Play

1938

1931

The Robber

as Theatre Play

1938

The Hordubals

as Screenplay

1970

Jak se dělá divadlo

as Short Story

1961

Pošťácká pohádka

as Original Story

1983

Recipe of Her Youth

as Theatre Play

2000

Na zámku

as Short Story

1948

R.U.R.

as Theatre Play

1959

Psí pohádka

as Short Story

1964

1947

Capek's Tales

as Short Story

1922

The Gold Key

as Original Story

1962

1937

The White Disease

as Theatre Play

1960

1970

1986

Grófinka

as Short Story

2024

ロボット

as Original Story

1988

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