Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1890-01-09
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
