Josef Čapek

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Photo portrait, 1937

Josef Čapek (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945[1]) 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.

Life

Čapek was born in

Lidové Noviny, a newspaper based in Prague
.

His illustrated stories Povídání o Pejskovi a Kočičce (English translation as The Adventures of Puss and Pup[4]) are considered classics of Czech children's literature.

Death

Due to his critical attitude towards

German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939. He wrote Poems from a Concentration Camp in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he died in 1945. In June 1945 Rudolf Margolius, accompanied by Čapek's wife Jarmila Čapková, went to Bergen-Belsen to search for him.[5] His remains were never found. In 1948 the court officially set the date of his death as 30 April 1947.[6]

Selected literary works

  • Lelio, 1917
  • Ze života hmyzu (Pictures from the Insects' Life), 1921 – with Karel Čapek
  • Povídání o pejskovi a kočičce (The Adventures of Puss and Pup), 1929
  • Stín kapradiny, 1930, novel
  • Kulhavý poutník, essays, 1936
  • Land of Many Names
  • Básně z koncentračního tabora (Poems from a Concentration Camp), published posthumously 1946
  • Adam Stvořitel (Adam the Creator) – with Karel Čapek
  • Dášeňka, čili život štěněte (Dashenka, consequently the life of a Puppy) – with Karel Čapek, illustrated by Josef

Gallery

  • Letadlo (Aeroplane)
    Letadlo (Aeroplane)
  • Zpívající děvčata (Singing girls)
    Zpívající děvčata (Singing girls)
  • Harmonikář (Harmonist)
    Harmonikář (Harmonist)
  • Krajina v dešti (Landscape in the rain)
    Krajina v dešti (Landscape in the rain)
  • Kluci s kozou (Guys with a goat)
    Kluci s kozou (Guys with a goat)
  • Piják (Blotter)
    Piják (Blotter)
  • Matka s dětmi (Mother with children)
    Matka s dětmi (Mother with children)
  • Hra (Game)
    Hra (Game)
  • African King
    African King
  • Autoportrét (Self-portrait)
    Autoportrét (Self-portrait)

See also

Literature

References

  1. ISBN 80-7277-179-5
    .
  2. ^ Karel Capek – Who did actually invent the word "robot" and what does it mean? at capek.misto.cz [dead link] | archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20120204135259/http://capek.misto.cz/english/robot.html
  3. ^ Robotics and automation handbook
  4. ISBN 0-552-52054-3
    .
  5. ^ Jarmila Čapková, Vzpomínky, Torst, Praha 1998, s. 331.
  6. ^ "Pejsek a kočička mají ještě autorská práva chráněna, Mein Kampf je volný". 8 January 2016.

External links

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