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Josef Čapek

1887 - 1945

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Josef Čapek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Čapek is the 1,254th most popular writer (up from 1,283rd in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 156th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Josef Čapek ranks 1,254 out of 7,302. Before him are Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Waris Dirie, Léon Bloy, Annette Kellermann, Richard Henry Dana Jr., and Valerie Solanas. After him are John of Ruusbroec, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Ivan Kotliarevsky, Émile Gaboriau, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, and Siegfried Kracauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Čapek ranks 63. Before him are Julian Huxley, Josef Harpe, Giovanni Gronchi, Mitsuru Ushijima, Blaise Cendrars, and Annette Kellermann. After him are Frederick Fleet, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Joseph Bech, Savielly Tartakower, and Sivananda Saraswati. Among people deceased in 1945, Josef Čapek ranks 93. Before him are Mitsuru Ushijima, Rudolf von Sebottendorf, John Ambrose Fleming, Kurt Gerstein, Charles Fabry, and Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk. After him are Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Fritz Klein, Hans Kammler, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Else Lasker-Schüler, and Albrecht Penck.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Čapek ranks 161 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Koller (1973), Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1569), Jan Kodeš (1946), Jarmila Kratochvílová (1951), Carl von Rokitansky (1804), and Georg Benda (1722). After him are Rafael Kubelík (1914), Franz Reichelt (1879), František Palacký (1798), Victor Adler (1852), Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), and Věra Chytilová (1929).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Josef Čapek ranks 18. Before him are Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Julius Fučík (1903), Jan Neruda (1834), Adalbert Stifter (1805), Alfred Kubin (1877), and Cosmas of Prague (1045). After him are Guido Adler (1855), Martin of Opava (1300), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830), Ivan Klíma (1931), Otfried Preußler (1923), and Egon Kisch (1885).

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