Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
Autor(a) de War with the Newts
About the Author
Karel Capek is best known abroad for his plays, but at home he is also revered as an accomplished novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and writer of political articles. His bitingly satirical novel The War with the Newts (1936) reveals his understanding of the possible consequences of scientific mostrar mais advance. The novel Krakatit (1924), about an explosive that could destroy the world, foreshadows the feared potential of a nuclear disaster. In his numerous short stories he depicts the problems of modern life and common people in a humorous and whimsically philosophical fashion. The plays of Karel Capek presage the Theater of the Absurd. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1921) was a satire on the machine age. He created the word robot from the Czech noun robota, meaning "work" for the human-made automatons who in that play took over the world, leaving only one human being alive. The Insect Comedy (1921), whose characters are insects, is an ironic fantasy on human weakness. The Makropoulos Secret (1923), later used as the basis for Leos Janacek's opera, was an experimental piece that questioned whether immortality is really desirable. All the plays have been produced successfully in New York. Most deal satirically with the modern machine age or with war. Underlying all his work, though, is a faith in humanity, truth, justice, and democracy, which has made him one of the most beloved of all Czech writers. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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(eng) Karel Capek is only himself. He is not himself and his brother, who is a separate person. Therefore, do not combine this page with any of the author pages that include both their names. Thank you for your help.
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Séries
Obras por Karel Čapek
Čapek: Four Plays: R.U.R., The Insect Play, The Makropulos Case and The White Plague (1999) 42 exemplares
Die blaue Chrysantheme 10 exemplares
Ratolest a vavřín 6 exemplares
V zajetí slov : kritika slov a úsloví 5 exemplares
R.U.R. ; Bílá nemoc ; Matka 4 exemplares
Kalendář; (Jak je rok dlouhý) ; Zahradníkův rok 4 exemplares
Kapesní povídky 4 exemplares
Fabrica de absolut Krakatit 4 exemplares
Sloupkový ambit 4 exemplares
Loupežník ; R.U.R. ; Bílá nemoc 4 exemplares
ATOMKRAFT PÅ VILLE VEGAR 4 exemplares
Adam the Creator 4 exemplares
Boží muka ; Trapné povídky 3 exemplares
Üheksa muinasjuttu 3 exemplares
Seltsame Geschichten Von Räubern Und Polizisten, Briefträgern Und Prinzessinnen, Drachen Und Anderen Tieren (1976) 3 exemplares
Věci kolem nás 3 exemplares
Фабрика Абсолюта; Белая болезнь 3 exemplares
Üheksa muinasjuttu, kaks üle selle ja veel üks pealekauba Josef Čapekilt : nooremale koolieale 3 exemplares
Masaryh ve Fotofrafii 3 exemplares
R.U.R. & L'affare Makropulos 3 exemplares
Az ellopott gyilkosság és más bűnügyi történetek 3 exemplares
Francouzská poesie a jiné překlady Karla Čapka 2 exemplares
Kertomuksia 2 exemplares
Poznámky o tvorbě 2 exemplares
Marsyas, čili, Na okraj literatury : 1919-1931 2 exemplares
Jak se co dělá ; O lidech 2 exemplares
HRY Loupežník R.U.R. Věc Makropulos Bílá Nemoc Matka 2 exemplares
Zahradníkův rok ; Měl jsem psa a kočku ; Kalendář 2 exemplares
Good men still live! ("I am the other Karel Capek.") The odyssey of a professional prisoner (1974) 2 exemplares
Drobty pod stolem doby : rozhlásky 2 exemplares
Ze společné tvorby 2 exemplares
Jak vzniká divadelní hra : Jak se dělá film 2 exemplares
"Mr. Havlena's Verdict" (in Law in Lit) 2 exemplares
Racconti tormentosi 2 exemplares
Valitud teosed 2 exemplares
Tres profesiones al desnudo : Prensa. Cine. Teatro 2 exemplares
Csjekkiske eventyr 2 exemplares
Kuidas sünnib näitemäng ; Kuidas tehakse filmi 2 exemplares
Dramen 2 exemplares
Betörők, bírák, bűvészek és társaik 2 exemplares
Three novels 2 exemplares
La fabbrica dell’assoluto 2 exemplares
O umění a kultuře. 2 2 exemplares
O umění a kultuře. 1 2 exemplares
Racconti tormentosi 2 exemplares
Ἑφτά ἀλλιώτικες ἱστορίες 1 exemplar
Na břehu dnů 1 exemplar
Оповідання з другої кишені 1 exemplar
Musaion 1 exemplar
Рассказы, очерки, пьесы 1 exemplar
Neko to inu no ohanashi 1 exemplar
Psohlavci; zpěvohra o 3 jednánćh (6 obrazech) Dle stejnojmenného románu Aoise Jiráska napsal Karel Šípek.… (2022) 1 exemplar
Как это делается; Год садовода 1 exemplar
Običan život ; Tvornica Apsolutnoga 1 exemplar
Listy Olze : 1920-1938 1 exemplar
R.U.R. Rossum'un Evrensel Robotları 1 exemplar
R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) & THE ROBBER: Two Plays by Karel ?apek — Autor — 1 exemplar
Pudlenka, of... Ik had een hond en een kat 1 exemplar
Listy Anielce 1 exemplar
O umění a kultuře. III. 1 exemplar
Grandi Favole 1 exemplar
Fortrolige Smaastykker 1 exemplar
Kaybolan Bacak 1 exemplar
Vzrušené tance : [básně] 1 exemplar
System 1 exemplar
Novelle 1 exemplar
Impresii de calatorie 1 exemplar
O knihách a čtenářích 1 exemplar
Jak se co dělá ; Sloupky 1 exemplar
CINQ CONTES PAS COMME LES AUTRES (CLASSIQUES ETRANGERS POUR TOUS) (French Edition) (2017) 1 exemplar
Karel Capek. L'Affaire Selvin : Nouvelles. ePovidky z jedné i druhé kapsye. Traduit du… (1967) 1 exemplar
Cesty Evropou 1 exemplar
Czechoslovakia 1 exemplar
O umění a kultuře 1 exemplar
Történelmi görbe tükör 1 exemplar
Insinööri Prokopin aivokuume 1 exemplar
Spisy II : ze společné tvorby 1 exemplar
O divadle a tak podobně 1 exemplar
Hvordan et skuespil bliver til 1 exemplar
Aranykagylótól az éjféli napig 1 exemplar
Válka s mloky ; Krakatit ; Povídky z jedné kapsy ; Povídky z druhé kapsy ; Bajky a… (2009) 1 exemplar
Povídky a drobné prózy : výbor z díla 1 exemplar
Money 1 exemplar
Proč nejsem komunistou 1 exemplar
Marsyas 1 exemplar
Iroiro na hitotachi (いろいろな人たち) 1 exemplar
Czechoslovakia meguri (チェコスロバキアめぐり) 1 exemplar
Fushigi neko Pudlenka (ふしぎ猫・プドレンカ) 1 exemplar
Marsyas ; Jak se co dělá 1 exemplar
A repülő ember és más furcsa történetek 1 exemplar
Neuskutecneny dialog 1 exemplar
Die fälle des Herrn Janik 1 exemplar
Lásky hra osudná 1 exemplar
Izabrane pripovjetke 1 exemplar
Elbeszélések - A Világirodalom Remeki 1 exemplar
Spisy, Cestopisy II 1 exemplar
Associated Works
My Favorite Plant: Writers and Gardeners on the Plants They Love (1998) — Contribuidor — 68 exemplares
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contribuidor — 54 exemplares
A Treasury of the Theatre: From Henrik Ibsen to Eugène Ionesco (1960) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Contemporary Drama: European, English and Irish, American Plays (1941) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Spionhistorier fra hele verden — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares
The London Mercury Vol Xxvii No 158 December 1932 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Verdens beste kriminalhistorier — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Čapek, Karel
- Nome legal
- Čapek, Karel
- Outros nomes
- Čapek, Karel
Capek, Karel
Kapeçk, Karel - Data de nascimento
- 1890-01-09
- Data de falecimento
- 1938-12-25 [1938]
- Localização do túmulo
- Vyšehrad cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Czech Republic
- País (no mapa)
- Czech Republic
- Local de nascimento
- Malé Svatoňovice, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Local de falecimento
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Locais de residência
- Malé Svatoňovice, Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Stará Huť, Czechoslovakia - Educação
- Charles University, Prague
The Sorbonne, Paris, France - Ocupações
- journalist
novelist
dramatist
short-story writer
playwright
essayist - Relações
- Čapek, Josef (brother)
Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue (friend)
Langer, František (colleague)
Poláček, Karel (friend) - Organizações
- PEN Club Czechoslovakia
- Nota de desambiguação
- Karel Capek is only himself. He is not himself and his brother, who is a separate person. Therefore, do not combine this page with any of the author pages that include both their names. Thank you for your help.
Membros
Discussions
SF book/short story possibly Asimov - material reduced until only god is left em Name that Book (Janeiro 2017)
Nine Fairy Tales and One More Thrown in for Good Measure, Karel Čapek em World Reading Circle (Julho 2013)
Críticas
Histórias Apócrifas por Karel Čapek
Karel Čapek, the most important czech writer (writing in the czech language) of the first half of the 20th Century, author of the famous War With the Newts, wrote, in this collection of short stories, one of the funniest and most serious books I ever read. Originaly published postumously in czech in 1945 with the title Kniha Apokryfu, this book consists in twenty nine short stories, written between the two world wars, in which the author tries to see the ''other side'' of well known historical or mythical episodes: the inner workings of the court that condemned Prometheus, the small talk of an elderly stone age couple complaining about the youth, the chat of a group of former Cesar's legionaries, around a bottle of wine, years after the end of Galia's campaign, the indignation of a Jerusalem's baker with Jesus' miracle of the multiplication of the loaves, and numerous other stories about biblical, literary, and historical episodes. Not all of the stories are funny but nearly all of them are brilliant and with wonderful punch lines. A book I very much enjoyed reading and will likely return to from time to time.… (mais)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 207
- Also by
- 34
- Membros
- 6,251
- Popularidade
- #3,923
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 152
- ISBN
- 556
- Línguas
- 31
- Marcado como favorito
- 26