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Karel Poláček (1892-1945)
Karel Poláček (22 March 1892 – 21 January 1945) was a Czech writer, humorist and journalist of Jewish descent. Life He was born in Rychnov nad Kněžnou into the family of a Jewish merchant. He attended the gymnasium there, but did poorly, so he transferred to a secondary school in Prague, from which he graduated in 1912. He then attended the faculty of law at Charles University. He was employed as a legal clerk for a short time. During the First World War he served on the Serbian and Galician fronts. After the war he was employed by the Czechoslovak Committee on Import and Export, but lost his job after he ridiculed the office in one of his short stories called ''Kolotoč'' (''The Carousel''); about a family that inherits a carousel but, due to a hyperbureaucratic import/export office, they are not able to sell it abroad. Josef Čapek offered him support in 1920 and Poláček began contributing to a satirical magazine; ''Nebojsa'' (''Dreadnought''). He then started w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Marmoset
The marmosets (), also known as zaris or sagoin, are twenty-two New World monkey species of the genera '' Callithrix'', '' Cebuella'', '' Callibella'', and ''Mico''. All four genera are part of the biological family Callitrichidae. The term "marmoset" is also used in reference to Goeldi's marmoset, ''Callimico goeldii'', which is closely related. Most marmosets are about long. Relative to other monkeys, they show some apparently primitive features; they have claws rather than nails, and tactile hairs on their wrists. They lack wisdom teeth, and their brain layout seems to be relatively primitive. Their body temperature is unusually variable, changing by up to in a day. Marmosets are native to South America and have been found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Peru. They have also been occasionally spotted in Central America and southern Mexico. They are sometimes kept as pets, though they have specific dietary and habitat needs that require considerati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 Births
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated. This means that the International Date Line was drawn from the east of the country to go west. Events January * January 1 – Ellis Island begins processing Immigration to the United States, immigrants to the United States. February * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for a patent, on his compression ignition engine (the Diesel engine). * February 29 – St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated as a town. March * March 1 – Theodoros Deligiannis ends his term as Prime Minister of Greece and Konstantinos Konstantopoulos takes office. * March 6–March 8, 8 – "Exclusive Agreement": Rulers of the Trucial States (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain) sign an agreement, by which they become ''de facto'' British protectorates. * March 11 – The first basketball game is played in public, between students and faculty at the Springfield YMCA before 200 spectators. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlastimil Rada
Vlastimil Rada (5 April 1895 – 22 December 1962) was a Czech painter and book illustrator. Rada was born in České Budějovice in 1895. His father, Petr Rada, was a drawing teacher. In 1904 he moved to Prague with the family. In Prague, Rada graduated from a private art school, and, subsequently, between 1912 and 1919, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. Between 1946 and 1962 Rada worked at the art school affiliated with the Academy of Fine Arts. Rada was a figurative painter. His earlier works typically use dark colours. In the 1920s, under influence of Antonín Slavíček, he switched to impressionism. In the late 1920s, he created a number of monumental landscapes, which are considered his best works. In the 1930s, Rada switched to realism, using mostly brown, grey, and green colors. At the same period, he also worked in book illustration. In particular, Rada illustrated books by Charles Dickens and Jan Neruda. His works are in collections of several museums including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Haas
Hugo Haas (19 February 1901 – 1 December 1968) was a Czech film actor, director and writer. He appeared in more than 60 films from 1926 to 1962 and directed 20 films from 1933 to 1962. Life and career Haas was born in Brno, Austria-Hungary (now in the Czech Republic), and he died in Vienna, Austria from complications of asthma. He and his brother Pavel Haas studied voice at the Brno Conservatory under composer Leoš Janáček. Pavel Haas went on to become a noted composer before he was killed in Auschwitz in 1944. Czechoslovak theater and film After graduating from the conservatory in 1920, Hugo Haas began acting at the National Theater in Brno, in Ostrava and in Olomouc. In 1924, he moved to Prague and regularly appeared at the Vinohrady Theatre, where he remained until 1929. In 1930,Kolektiv autorů: '' Národní divadlo a jeho předchůdci'', Academia, Prague, 1988, p. 128 the Czech director, critic, and poet Karel Hugo Hilar made Haas a member of the Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svatopluk Innemann
Svatopluk Innemann (18 February 1896 – 30 October 1945) was a Czech film director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor and actor. He was one of the pioneers of Czech cinema. Biography and works Innemann, was a son of the Czech director Rudolf Innemann and opera singer Ludmila Lvová-Innemannová. He was born in Slovenia during their engagement, but was raised in Prague, where he studied to be a pork butcher. Around 1918 he became interested in film, and began to work as a camera operator. As cameraman, he co-created his first film with Otto Heller. From 1919 he worked independently. Innemann's early career was varied; he was involved in operettas, comedies and melodramas, short films and documentaries, often as cameraman. He made his directorial debut in silent films with the fairy-tale '' Little Red Riding-hood'' in 1920. In 1925 he directed the popular comedy '' From the Czech Mills'' and made a biographical film about Josef Kajetán Tyl, an important personality o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Langer
František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech Republic, Czech playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician. Life Early life He was born to the secular Jewish family of Maximilian Langer (*1861) and his wife Růžena, née Taussig (1851-1932), in Prague. He was the eldest of three sons, his brother Josef was four and Jiří six years younger. Their ancestor came to Bohemia in the mid-17th century as a court Jew (a Jewish financier who managed the finances of the nobility), brought by Cardinal Franz von Dietrichstein to his ironworks in Krucemburk, Staré Ransko. In 1906, František graduated from the Gymnasium in Londýnská Street and began to study at the Faculty of Medicine of Charles University. At this time he became friends with Jaroslav Hašek, and later they wrote and performed together the play ''Pogrom na Křesťany v Jeruzalémě''. In 1911 Langer joined Hašek's satirical political party, the Party of Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
