Karel capek january 9, 1890 december 25, 1938 was one of the most influential czech writers of the 20th century. Join facebook to connect with karel capek and others you may know. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Karel capek books list of books by author karel capek. When karel capeks play bila nemoc or the white plague first came out in, it was seen as a warning against the dangers of fascism.
Bila nemoc neni ve skutecnosti telesnou nemoci, ale predstavuje nemocnou mysl nakazenou ideologii fasismu a nacismu. Bila nemoc rozbor 3 karel capek drama o trech aktech ve 14 obrazech bibliograficke udaje. However, typical themes of karel capeks later work also occur, such as fear of science and technology that have the ability not only to improve a humans life, but also. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. A collection of karel capeks travel writing and one of his later novels. V dramatizaci, kterou vydal supraphon v roce 1982 na lp pod kat.
R that introduced the word robot arthur miller has stated. Rossums universal robots, which opened in prague in. Pdf karel capek the literary encyclopedia researchgate. The 48 stories in tales from two pockets first appeared in print in 1928 in a prague newspaper. Rossums universal robots, 1920, which introduced the word robot. Karel capek, czech novelist, shortstory writer, playwright, and essayist.
This page was last edited on 20 december 2019, at 15. Fiction, science fiction, drama, technological innovations, robots, technological unemployment. Bila nemoc paperback 1962 by karel capek author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Rossums universal robots first popularized the word robot. Capek, the youngest of three children, was a sickly child, but by all accounts, he had a happy childhood, largely because of the influence of his older brother, josef, who was also his best friend. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel war with the newts 1936 and play r. Wells had already written the time machine and other scifi works, but there wasnt any star trek or star wars or a lot of the novels and works we associate with that genre now. The son of a country doctor, capek suffered all his life from a spinal disease, and writing seemed a compensation. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Karel credited his brother, josef capek, as the true inventor of the word robot.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the. Karel capek project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Karel capek novelist, playwright, and essayist who introduced the word robot to the world karel capek was a prolific czech writer, penning novels, plays and essays. One of czechoslovakias foremost writers, capek is best known for his science. A book by wellknown conservationist, animal collector, naturalist and zookeeper gerald durrell. If you create a free account and sign in, you will be able to customize what is displayed. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Rudolf hrusinsky, vaclav voska, boris rosner, dana medricka, martin ruzek. Drama divadelni je i dramatem osobnim hlavniho hrdiny.
While karel capek was always the better known one of the two, josef was never too far behind, and often appears to act as the inspirational figure behind. The english phrase rossums universal robots has been used as a subtitle. Very complete and informative web site about karel capek. Karel capeks the gardeners year is a timeless classic of wit and wisdom, sure to capture the heart and imagination of every gardenerindeed, everyone who has pursued any hobby with a passion that occasionally overrides good common sense. Karel capek 18901938 czechoslovakian novelist, dramatist, short story writer, journalist, and travel writer.
Karel capek bila nemoc zneni tohoto textu vychazi z dila bila nemoc tak, jak bylo vydano v ceskoslovenskem spisovateli v roce 1994 capek, karel. All sorts of things lie within the scope of human power. I read karel capek for the first time when i was a college student long ago in the thirties. Project gutenberg offers 61,896 free ebooks to download. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play r. Pdf karel capek was a prolific writer in nearly every genre and one of. Bila nemoc je divadelni hra drama karla capka z roku 1937. Originally published more that fifty years ago in czechoslovakia, it transcends the years with grace and ease. The fundamental theme of the seven stories is love, often unhappy and complicated. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Mohla by to byt rakovina nebo jina choroba misto fingovane bile nemoci.
In this weeks dispatches from the secret library, dr oliver tearle reads the charming short stories of karel capek the modern meaning of the word robot has its origins in a 1920 play by czech writer karel capek. Bila nemoc je hra o trech dejstvich, kterou karel capek napsal v predvecer 2. It premiered on 25 january 1921 and introduced the word robot to the english language and to science fiction as a whole. Karel capek was born in january, 1890, in male svatonovice, a small village in northeastern bohemia, an area that is now czechoslovakia. They were known as pocket tales because presumably the newspaper could be folded and placed in ones coat pocket after getting off the tram. Among them are the capek siblings, whom not only by their work, but especially by their human dimension, have been notably enrolled into the history of our nation. He studied philosophy in prague, berlin, and paris and in 1917 settled in prague as a writer and journalist. Can you imagine the silence if everyone only said what he knows. That meant that capeks readers or playgoers werent familiar with scifi the way you would be. No wonder if karel capek graduated as a philosopher from the university. Karel capek is currently considered a single author.
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