Karel Capek, Czech Playwright and Novelist(1890-1938)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Karel Capek
• Birth: January 9, 1890, Malé Svatoňovice, Czech Republic
• Death: December 25, 1938, Prague, Czech Republic
• Language: Czech
• Who he was: Czech playwright and novelist; novel War with the Newts; play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)
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