Sievernich. In his youth, Čapek was Franz Bonaparta's apprentice and participated in the experiment on the Liebert twins. When Čapek arrived in Frankfurt,...

contemporary Czech literature. Franz Kafka Prize (Cena Franze Kafky) : an international literary award named after Franz Kafka. Karel Čapek Prize (Czech PEN) (Cena...

Richard Weiner), civilism (Čapek brothers) and visions of a universal brotherhood of mankind (Ivan Olbracht, Karel Matěj Čapek Chod, F. X. Šalda). The interwar...

stimulated emission of radiation; robot (1921) from Czech writer Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots); and agitprop (1930; a portmanteau...

Betjeman Ambrose Bierce Jorge Luis Borges Bertolt Brecht Bill Burroughs Karel Čapek Hoagy Carmichael Rudolf Carnap Ray Chandler Marc Chagall Charlie Chaplin...

him some solace. He visited Kafka's house in Prague, read Rilke and Karel Čapek, reflected on his idol Lu Xun, and was moved by a Mayakovsky play in Brno...

Karel Havlíček Borovský Alois Bohdan Brixius Max Brod Otokar Březina Karel Čapek Svatopluk Čech František Čelakovský Cosmas of Prague Jakub Deml Ivan Diviš...

yet to produce a figure comparable to H.G. Wells, Olaf Stapledon, Karel Čapek or Stanisław Lem." Rottensteiner described Roger Zelazny, Barry N. Malzberg...

Sofia Film Fest Order "Stara Planina" - 1st degree (2004) "Talks with Karel Čapek" "Sisyphus and Death" (Robert Merle) - Death "The Threepenny Opera" (Bertolt...

In 1917, the painter group Tvrdošíjní ("Stubborns") was founded by Josef Čapek, Jan Zrzavý, Václav Špála, Vlastimil Hofman, Bedřich Feuerstein, Zdeněk...

revoluce; 1925) translated into English as The Making of a State (1927). Karel Čapek wrote a series of articles, Hovory s T.G.M. ("Conversations with T.G.M.")...

theologian Aloisia Veit (1891–1940), second cousin of Adolf Hitler Norbert Čapek (1870–1942), founder of the Czechoslovak Unitarian Church A total of 310...

Security and Insecurity (2000) Velký věk chce mít též velké mordy (2001) Karel Capek: Life and Work (2002) Premiér a anděl (2003) Moje šílené století (My Crazy...

Lustig became the eighth recipient of the Franz Kafka Prize, and the third recipient of the Karel Čapek Prize in 1996. Lustig was married to Věra Weislitzová...

Buren David Burliuk Wladimir Burliuk Paul Cadmus Alexander Calder Josef Čapek Norman Carlberg Emily Carr Carlo Carrà Clarence Holbrook Carter Mary Cassatt...

(Rossum's Universal Robots), Karel Čapek's 1921 play that coined the term robot. The play was written in Prague, and while Čapek denied that he modeled the robot...

Karel Čapek and his artist-brother Josef Čapek. The narrative employs modes of science fiction, fantasy and horror found in the works of Čapek and Franz Kafka...

Pavel Janák – Adria Palace (1923–1924) Ladislav Machoň – Josef and Karel Capek Villa (1923–1924) Alois Dryák – Radiopalác (1922–1925) Pavel Janák, František...

experiences and made them his own. Čapek then arrives and tells Tenma that he is going after Franz Bonaparta, however Čapek is gunned down shortly afterwards...

(1369–1415) – religious reformer Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904) – composer Karel Čapek (1890–1938) – writer, author of R.U.R. Božena Němcová – writer, author of...

Robots (1921) by Karel Čapek We (1921) by Yevgeny Zamyatin Miasto światłości (1924) by Mieczysław Smolarski The Trial (1925) by Franz Kafka The Foundation...

represented in the Czech lands mainly by expressionists and cubists: Josef Čapek, Emil Filla, Bohumil Kubišta or Jan Zrzavý. Surrealism emerged particularly...

Other important Czech writers include Milan Kundera, Karel Čapek, Jaroslav Hašek, Jan Neruda, Franz Kafka, Bohumil Hrabal, Viktor Dyk, Kosmas, Pavel Kohout...

for the prize. In 1935, the Nobel Committee shortlisted the authors Karel Čapek, Miguel de Unamuno, John Masefield, G. K. Chesterton and Roger Martin du...

followed by a return to realistic, civilian theatre (František Langer, Karel Čapek). Avantgarde theatre also flourished, focusing on removing the barriers...

speaking: Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke, Max Brod, Karl Kraus, Franz Werfel Czech speaking: Jaroslav Seifert, Milan Kundera, Karel Čapek, Jaroslav Hašek...

Carmelite priest and professor of philosophy, died 26 July 1942 Norbert Čapek (1870–1942) founder of the Unitarian Church in the Czech Republic Blessed...

became its youngest member and its managing director. In 1919 he met the Čapek brothers and S.K. Neumann. After graduating from high school, he continued...

Broch (1886–1951) Basil Bunting (1900–1985) Ivan Cankar (1876–1918) Karel Čapek (1890–1938) Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933) Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961)...

Kocourek, Cibula → Cibulka, Petržela → Petrželka, Chalupa → Chaloupka, Čáp → Čapek, Beran – Beránek. The most common Czech surnames are Novák ("Newman"), Svoboda...