Karel Čapek

Born

January 9, 1890

Died

December 25, 1938 · age 48

From

Malé Svatoňovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Karel Čapek was a Czech writer of the early 20th century. He had multiple roles throughout his career, including playwright, dramatist, essayist, publisher, literary reviewer, photographer and art critic. Nonetheless, he is best known for his science fiction including his novel War with the Newts and the play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word robot