Čapek brothers

Statue of the Čapek brothers in Malé Svatoňovice

The brothers Čapek (Czech: Bratři Čapkové ), Karel and Josef Čapek were Czech authors; they are often named together as authors and personalities of political and cultural life, in the Czech Republic streets in Prague, Brno and other places are named after them ( ulice Bratří Čapků ). Both were known as staunch opponents of National Socialism and any kind of dictatorship, which was clearly evident in their work and thus also made them the declared enemy of the German occupiers, but Karel Čapek died shortly before. Her sister Helena Čapková (1886–1961) survived the occupation period.

The Prague twin house of the Čapek brothers in today's Bratří Čapků street

RUR (Rossum's Universal Robots - Rossumovi Universální Roboti) 1920 (German translation by Otto Pick under the title WUR, 1922) is the key word from the pen of Karel Čapek,althoughthe word robot was contributed by his brother Josef. Josef, who was also a painter, also illustrated numerous works by his brother.

Joint works

Zářivé hlubiny , 1916
Krakonošova zahrada , 1918
Devatero pohádek a ještě jedna od Josefa Čapka jako přívažek , 1932 (German: doctors, cats, swallows and sparrows , 1933).

Dramas

Loupežník , Comedy 1920; (German: Der Räuber , 1934); Filming 1931.
Ze života hmyzu , 1921 (German: From the life of insects ).
Adam stvořitel , 1927 (German: Adam the Creator , 1967).

literature

Helena Čapková: Moji milí bratři ( My dear brothers ), Československý spisovatel, Praha 1962; 3rd edition, Československý spisovatel, Praha 1986, OCLC 7188205 ( Czech ).

References and Notes

↑ In Brno, for example, there is the (street) Bratří Čapků , but also the (ulice) Čápkova , which was named after Karel Čápek (1892–1941), Czech officer and victim of the Nazi occupation. Karel Čápek
↑ Alexander Eilers: "Brothers in the flesh and in the spirit", epilogue to: Written in the clouds. Aphorisms - Fables - Parables , edited and translated from the Czech by Hans-Horst Skupy, Edition Töpfl, Tiefenbach 2019, ISBN 978-3-942592-37-6 , p. 113–116, here p. 113 f.

[1] In Brno, for example, there is the (street) Bratří Čapků , but also the (ulice) Čápkova , which was named after Karel Čápek (1892–1941), Czech officer and victim of the Nazi occupation. Karel Čápek

[2] Alexander Eilers: "Brothers in the flesh and in the spirit", epilogue to: Written in the clouds. Aphorisms - Fables - Parables , edited and translated from the Czech by Hans-Horst Skupy, Edition Töpfl, Tiefenbach 2019, ISBN 978-3-942592-37-6 , p. 113–116, here p. 113 f.