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František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a
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Life

Langer was born and in Prague, Austria-Hungary in a Czech speaking Jewish family. He studied medicine at
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. He served in
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in
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during the
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as a physician. In 1935-1938 he worked as a dramatic adviser in Vinohrady Theatre and as a commander of a Prague military hospital. He spent
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as a brigade general of the Czechoslovak army abroad. His younger brother was a Hebrew poet and scholar
Jiří Langer Jiří (Georg(o)) Mordechai Langer (19 March 1894 – 12 March 1943) was a Hebrew poet, scholar and essayist, journalist and teacher. Early life Langer had been born to Europeanized Jewish family and attended Czech schools. His older brothers w ...
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Work

The main focus of Langer's work is in drama: *''Velbloud uchem jehly'' (aka ''The Camel through the Needle's Eye'') (1923) *''Periférie'' (aka ''The Outskirts'') (1925) *''Grandhotel Nevada'' (1927) *''Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory'' (The Conversion of Ferdyš Pištora, 1929) *''Jízdní hlídka'' (aka ''The Cavalry Watch'') (1935) *''Dvaasedmdesátka'' (1937) *''Děti a dýka'' (The Kids and the Dagger, 1942) *''Pražské legendy'' (Prague Legends, 1956) *''Železný vlk'' (The Iron Wolf, 1923) - short stories


Orders, decorations and medals

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Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk The Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk ( cz, Řád Tomáše Garrigua Masaryka) is an order (decoration), Order of the Czech Republic and the former Czechoslovakia. It was established in 1990 after the Velvet Revolution, and re-established in 1994 ( ...
, II. Class, 1995 in memoriam *
Czechoslovak War Cross 1918 The Czechoslovak War Cross 1918 (''Československý válečný kříž 1918'' in Czech, ''Československý vojnový kríž 1918'' in Slovak) is a military decoration of the former state of Czechoslovakia which was issued for acts of military valo ...
* Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945 * Czechoslovak Order of the Hawk with swords * Czechoslovak Order of the Hawk with a star * Czechoslovak Revolutionary Medal * Victory Medal * Czechoslovak Medal for Merit 1st Class * Commemorative Medal of Czechoslovak Army Abroad *
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 The ''Croix de Guerre 1939–1945'' (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the '' Croix de Guerre'' created on 26 September 1939 to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis forces at any ...


References

1888 births 1965 deaths Czech Jews 20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights Czech male dramatists and playwrights Czech screenwriters Male screenwriters Czech medical writers Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk 20th-century screenwriters Burials at Vyšehrad Cemetery Charles University alumni {{CzechRepublic-writer-stub