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Josef Čapek

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Josef Čapek

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Also known as Josef Capek, Joseph Capek

Czech painter and writer (1887–1945)

OverviewAI-generated

Josef Čapek was a male author from Czechia. Born in 1887, he died in 1945. His literary output includes works categorized under German audiobooks.

Records indicate varying counts of his works, with one source listing 92 works, another citing 5, and a third noting 2. He is referenced by 97 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1887
Died
1945
Works
92

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Czechia
Active from
1890-01-09
Active to
1938-12-25
has german audiobooks

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
342
Total plays
22,245

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Josef+%C4%8Capek">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Josef Čapek

Key facts

Born
( 1887-03-23 ) 23 March 1887, Hronov , Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died
April 1945 (1945-04-00) (aged 58), Lower Saxony , Nazi Germany
Known for
Invented the word 'robot'
Notable work
Povídání o Pejskovi a Kočičce , Pictures from the Insects' Life
Movement
Cubism

via Wikipedia infobox

Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Josef Čapek, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

~3 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Josef Čapek ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈtʃapɛk]; 23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and poet. He invented the word 'robot', which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.

Life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Josef Čapek” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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