Karel Čapek

Born 9 January 1890 in Malé Svatoňovice, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

Died 25 December 1938 (aged 48)

Karel Čapek was a Czech writer of the early 20th century. He had multiple roles throughout his career, including playwright, dramatist, essayist, publisher, literary reviewer, photographer and art critic. Nonetheless, he is best known for his science fiction including his novel War with the Newts and the play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), which introduced the word robot