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Karel Čapek

1890 - 1938

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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. 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 strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Čapek is the 212th most popular writer (down from 171st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 19th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Writer.

Karel Čapek is most famous for his play, "R.U.R." which introduced the word "robot" to the English language.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karel Čapek ranks 212 out of 7,302. Before him are David Woodard, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Svetlana Alexievich, Terry Pratchett, Terence, and Frédéric Mistral. After him are Carlo Goldoni, Pearl S. Buck, George Sand, Roger Martin du Gard, Janusz Korczak, and Constantine VII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Karel Čapek ranks 12. Before him are Vyacheslav Molotov, Friedrich Paulus, Boris Pasternak, H. P. Lovecraft, Egon Schiele, and Alfred Jodl. After him are Fritz Lang, George II of Greece, Kurt Lewin, Bacha Khan, Colonel Sanders, and Stan Laurel. Among people deceased in 1938, Karel Čapek ranks 6. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Muhammad Iqbal, Edmund Husserl, Maud of Wales, and Charles Édouard Guillaume. After him are Konstantin Stanislavski, Marie of Romania, Georges Méliès, Mary Mallon, Faustina Kowalska, and Nikolai Bukharin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Čapek ranks 23 out of 1,200. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Kurt Gödel (1906), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), John of Nepomuk (1350), and Ferdinand Porsche (1875). After him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Forman (1932), Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), and Jaroslav Hašek (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Karel Čapek ranks 5. Before him are Franz Kafka (1883), Milan Kundera (1929), Václav Havel (1936), and Rainer Maria Rilke (1875). After him are Jaroslav Hašek (1883), Max Brod (1884), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Franz Werfel (1890), Karl Kraus (1874), and Jaroslav Seifert (1901).

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