Karel Capek Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 13 pages of information about the life of Karel Capek.

Karel Capek Biography

This Biography consists of approximately 13 pages of information about the life of Karel Capek.
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Karel Capek is regarded as the most important Czech writer before World War II. He worked in many capacities: he was a man of the theater, a translator, a journalist, an essayist, a fiction writer, and an organizer of cultural activities. His views inclined toward tolerant democracy and practical humanism, and he subscribed to the ideology of the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) and to the views of its first president, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk.

Karel Capek was born in Male Svatonovice, near Turnov in northeastern Bohemia. His father, Antonin Capek, was a doctor who came from a family of farmers. His mother, Bozena Capek, collected folklore. The Capek children were all artistically gifted: Karel's sister, Helena, published several books, and his brother, Josef, was a wellknown artist, fiction writer, and dramatist. Karel and Josef wrote several stories and plays together.

As a child Capek began showing a...

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