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    in Literature seven times, Čapek never received it. However, several awards commemorate his name, such as the Karel Čapek Prize, awarded every other year...
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  • Čapek (feminine Čapková; Czech pronunciation: [ˈtʃapɛk], [ˈtʃapkovaː]) is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include: František Čapek (1914–2008)...
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    (Adam the Creator) – with Karel Čapek Dášeňka, čili život štěněte (Dashenka, consequently the life of a Puppy) – with Karel Čapek, illustrated by Josef Letadlo...
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    R.U.R. (category Plays by Karel Čapek)
    R.U.R. is a 1920 Science fiction play by the Czech writer Karel Čapek. "R.U.R." stands for Rossumovi Univerzální Roboti (Rossum's Universal Robots, a...
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    after Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who introduced the word robot in his play R.U.R. A program in Karel is used to control a simple robot named Karel that...
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    cooperator of the Národní listy journal, and after Karel Čapek began to work in the editorial office (in 1918), Čapek accepted the nickname "Chod". Povidky, 1892...
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    use of the word Robot was in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (written in 1920)". Writer Karel Čapek was born in Czechoslovakia (Czech...
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  • The White Disease (category Plays by Karel Čapek)
    The White Plague (Czech: Bílá nemoc) is a play written by Czech writer Karel Čapek in 1937. Written at a time of increasing threat from Nazi Germany to...
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  • War with the Newts (category Works by Karel Čapek)
    Salamander Wars, is a 1936 satirical science fiction novel by Czech author Karel Čapek. It concerns the discovery in the Indian Ocean of a sea-dwelling race...
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  • race. Another of the earliest examples is in the 1920 play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek, a race of self-replicating robot slaves revolt against their human masters;...
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