Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod (; 21 February 1860 – 3 November 1927) was a
Czech
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naturalist
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writer and a journalist.
Biography
In 1879, he graduated at the
gymnasium in
Domažlice
Domažlice (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reser ...
. He was a long-term cooperator of the ''Národní listy'' journal, and after
Karel Čapek
Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...
began to work in the editorial office (in 1918), Čapek accepted the nickname "Chod".
Work
* Povidky, 1892
* V třetím dvoře, novel 1895
* Nedělni povídky, 1897
* Osmero, novel : 1900-1903
* Patero novel 1900-1903
* Kašpar Lén mstitel, novel, 1908
* Z města i obvodu, Novels, 1913
* Antonín Vondrejc. novel, 1915
* Turbína, novel, 1916
* Ad hoc! novelle, 1919
* Nejzapadnejsi Slovan (The westernmost Slav), 1921
* Jindrové, novel, 1921
* Větrník : autoanalytic-synthetic novel, 1923
* Vilém Rozkoč, novel, 1923
* Humoreska, 1924
* Labyrint světa, 1926
* Řešany, novel, 1927
* An der Rotationsmaschine, novelle, 1928
* Spisy, 1938–41
See also
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List of Czech writers
Below is an alphabetical list of Czech people, Czech writers.
A
* Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), Lexicography, lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
* Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, Magic realism, magic real ...
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1860 births
1927 deaths
People from Domažlice
Czech male writers
Writers from Austria-Hungary
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