Karel Čapek

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essayist human journalist novelist playwright science fiction writer short story writer writer

Karel Čapek was a Czech writer and playwright best known internationally for his science fiction works, including the play "R.U.R." which introduced the word "robot" to the world.

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Label Occurrences
Karel Čapek canonical 4
Čapek 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
science fiction writer ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (posthumous recognition, contextually) ⓘ
causeOfDeath pneumonia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Czechoslovakia ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1890-01-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1938-12-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Charles University in Prague ⓘ
surface form: Charles University

Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy ⓘ
surface form: Charles University Faculty of Arts
ethnicGroup Czech ⓘ
familyName Karel Čapek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Čapek
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
journalism ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
utopian and dystopian fiction ⓘ
givenName Karel ⓘ
influenced Czech literature ⓘ
science fiction literature ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned Czech ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
name Karel Čapek self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage Czech ⓘ
notableFor introducing the word "robot" in the play R.U.R. ⓘ
notableWork An Ordinary Life ⓘ
Apocryphal Tales ⓘ
Hordubal ⓘ
Krakatit ⓘ
Letters from England ⓘ
Meteor ⓘ
R.U.R. ⓘ
Tales from Two Pockets ⓘ
The Absolute at Large ⓘ
The Makropulos Affair ⓘ
The White Disease ⓘ
Travelogues from Italy ⓘ
War with the Newts ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bohemia ⓘ
Malé Svatoňovice ⓘ
placeOfDeath Prague ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-fascist ⓘ
democratic ⓘ
residence Prague ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Josef Čapek ⓘ
studied aesthetics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
workLocation Prague ⓘ

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Czech language → hasNotableAuthor → Karel Čapek ⓘ
Stanisław Lem → influencedBy → Karel Čapek ⓘ
Vyšehrad Cemetery → notableBurial → Karel Čapek ⓘ
Karel Čapek → name → Karel Čapek self-link ⓘ
Karel Čapek → familyName → Karel Čapek self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Čapek