Karel Capek - Male Svatonovice, Czech Republic
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Karel Capek (January 9, 1890 – December 25, 1938) was a Czech writer of the early 20th century.
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/12/2013
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Karel Capek was a Czech writer of the early 20th century best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts and the play R.U.R that introduced the word robot (
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K. Capek wrote with intelligence and humor on a wide variety of subjects. He is renowned for his excellent work with the Czech language. Many of his works discuss ethical aspects of industrial inventions and processes already anticipated in the first half of the 20th century. These include mass production, nuclear weapon, and post-human intelligent beings such as robots or salamanders.
Capek also expressed fear from social disasters, dictatorship, violence, human stupidity, the unlimited power of corporations, and greed.
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Karel Capek bust is located on the wall of Capek Brothers Museum.