"Emil Zátopek Emil Zátopek (; 19 September 1922 – 22 November 2000) was a Czechoslovak long-distance runner best known for winning three gold medals at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. He won gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 metres runs, but his final medal came when he decided at the last minute to compete in the first marathon of his life. He was nicknamed the ""Czech Locomotive"". In 1954, Zátopek was the first runner to break the 29-minute barrier in the 10,000 metres. Three years earlier in 1951, he had broken the hour for running 20 km. He"
"Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his 1936 novel ""War with the Newts"" and 1920 play ""R.U.R."" (""Rossum's Universal Robots""), which introduced the word ""robot"". He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe. Though nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, Čapek never"
"German word for work, ""Arbeit"".) The asteroid 1931 Čapek, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek was named after him. Čapek received the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, in memoriam, in 1991. Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; ; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his 1936 novel ""War with the Newts"" and 1920 play ""R.U.R."" (""Rossum's Universal Robots""), which introduced the word ""robot"". He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned"
"Josef Čapek Josef Čapek (; 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 a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek. Čapek was born in Hronov, Bohemia (Austria-Hungary, later Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) in 1887. First a painter of the Cubist school, he later developed his own playful, minimalist style. He collaborated with his brother Karel on a number of plays and short stories; on his own, he wrote the utopian play"
"won it. However, several awards commemorate his name, such as the Karel Čapek Prize, awarded every other year by the Czech PEN Club for literary work that contributes to reinforcing or maintaining democratic and humanist values in society. He also played a key role in establishing the Czechoslovak PEN Club as a part of International PEN. Čapek died on the brink of World War II as the result of a lifelong medical condition, but his legacy as a literary figure became well established after the war. Karel Čapek was born in 1890 in the Bohemian mountain village of Malé Svatoňovice."
"Čapek's wife Jarmila Čapková, went to Bergen-Belsen to search for him. His remains were never found. In 1948 the court officially set the date of his death, the day which he did not survive being 30 April 1947. His illustrated stories ""Povídání o Pejskovi a Kočičce"" (""All About Doggie and Pussycat"") are considered classics of Czech children's literature. Josef Čapek Josef Čapek (; 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 a poet. He invented the word robot, which was introduced into"
"Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard (born Tomáš Straussler; 3 July 1937) is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as ""Arcadia"", ""The Coast of Utopia"", ""Every Good Boy Deserves Favour"", ""Professional Foul"", ""The Real Thing"", ""The Invention of Love"", ""Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead"". He co-wrote the screenplays for ""Brazil"", ""The Russia House"", and ""Shakespeare in Love"", and has received an Academy Award and four Tony Awards. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics"
"(1930–2008), Tom Stoppard (born 1937), Alexander Vvedensky (1904–1941), Daniil Kharms (1905–1942), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990), Alejandro Jodorowsky (born 1929), Fernando Arrabal (born 1932), Václav Havel (1936–2011) and Edward Albee (1928–2016). During the late 1940s Jackson Pollock's radical approach to painting revolutionized the potential for all contemporary art that followed him. To some extent Pollock realized that the journey toward making a work of art was as important as the work of art itself. Like Pablo Picasso's innovative reinventions of painting and sculpture in the early 20th century via Cubism and constructed sculpture, Pollock redefined the way art is made. His move"
"help their master. They looked like real women and could not only speak and use their limbs but were endowed with intelligence and trained in handwork by the immortal gods."" The words ""robot"" or ""android"" are not used to describe them, but they are nevertheless mechanical devices human in appearance. ""The first 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 Republic). Possibly the most prolific author of the twentieth century was Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) who published over five-hundred books. Asimov is probably best"
"by František Čáp (awarded by Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival in 1946), a new era of the Czech film began with outstanding animated films by important filmmakers such as Karel Zeman, a pioneer with special effects (culminating in successful films such as artistically exceptional ""Vynález zkázy"" (""A Deadly Invention""), performed in anglophone countries under the name ""The Fabulous World of Jules Verne"" from 1958, which combined acted drama with animation, and Jiří Trnka, the founder of the modern puppet film. This began a strong tradition of animated films (Zdeněk Miler's ""Mole"" etc.). Another Czech cultural phenomenon came into"
"Czech science fiction and fantasy Science fiction and fantasy in the Czech Republic has a long and varied history. From 1918, when Czechoslovakia became independent, until 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded it, Czech literature enjoyed one of its high points. Czech writers developed their works as aesthetic pieces rather than as platforms demanding independence for the Czech people. The best-known and most important of SF writers was Karel Čapek, whose play ""R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)"" (printed 1920, premiered January 1921), introduced and made popular the frequently used international word ""robot"". Čapek is perhaps best known as a science fiction author,"
"and was an honorary member of various corporations and societies. His chemistry career kept him from doing anything about his interest in music until the age of thirty. Then he studied music with František Špilka for six years. But his other work again intervened, for a further 25 years. From his early 60s through to his mid 70s, he wrote about 60 works, including five orchestral works, much chamber music, piano sonatas and pieces, and songs. He also compiled a Czech dictionary of French and Italian musical terms. Votoček wrote approximately 70 music compositions. Emil Votoček Emil Votoček (5 October"
"was considered one of the greatest runners of the 20th century and was also known for his brutally tough training methods. He was the originator of interval training and hypoventilation training. In February 2013, the editors at ""Runner's World"" Magazine selected him as the Greatest Runner of All Time. He is the only person to win the 5,000 metres (24 July, 1952), 10,000 metres (20 July, 1952) and Marathon (27 July, 1952), in the same Olympic Games. Zátopek was the seventh child in a modest family. Aged 16, he began working in a Bata shoe factory in Zlín. Zátopek says"
"in Prague. Pavel Štěpán Pavel Štěpán (28 May 1925 – 30 September 1998) was a Czech pianist whose domain was the interpretation of piano works by Josef Suk, Vitezslav Novak and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's piano concertos. He has always been described as a man of unusual intelligence, great pianistic style and deep musicality. Štěpán was born in Brno. His career coincided with his family's musical tradition: he was the grandson of Professor Vilém Kurz, a prominent Czech piano educator, and the son of piano virtuoso and teacher Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová and musicologist/pianist Václav Štěpán. His family maintained close personal contacts with"
"ten years, it has since established itself in the repertoire. 1980 film Concert at the End of Summer is based on Dvořák's life. Dvořák was played by Josef Vinklář. 2012 television film The American Letters focuses on Dvořák's love life. Dvořák is played by . Asteroid 2055 Dvořák, discovered by Luboš Kohoutek is named in his honor. Professional wrestling stable Ringkampf (Progress, Westside Xtreme Wrestling) use Dvorak's New World Symphony as their entrance music. Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide"
"Emil Radok Emil Radok (22 May 1918 – 7 January 1994) was a Czech film director. He was co-inventor of the multi-media show Laterna Magika, , which was a star attraction at the Czechoslovakia pavilion at Expo 67. In 1968 he left to exile to Canada and died there. Probably Radok's most monumental project was the ""kinetic mosaic"" which he designed for the Universe of Energy pavilion at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center theme park, which opened on October 1, 1982. Working with WED Enterprises (Walt Disney Imagineering), Radok created a pre-show film for the pavilion that was projected onto"
"Mozart's opera ""Don Giovanni"" and supplied the Czech opera ensemble with a lot of librettos. Czech National Revival <br> Karel Hynek Mácha Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek ( 1783 – 12 ) was a Czech playwright, director, actor and theatre manager. Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek was born in Chrudim to a soapmaker's family. He studied at Litomyšl gymnasium and then philosophy and theology at Charles University in Prague. In 1800 he entered the Austrian army against Napoleon. After graduating from a university he escaped to the theatre. In 1803–05 he affiliated with actors of the Patriotic Theatre who played in"
"Otakar Ostrčil Otakar Ostrčil (25 February 1879 in Prague – 20 August 1935 in Prague) was a Czech composer and conductor. He is noted for symphonic works ""Impromptu"", ""Suite in C Minor"", and ""Symfonietta"", and in his opera compositions ""Poupě"" and ""Honzovo království"". Ostrčil was born, and spent his entire life, in Prague, the center of the Czech musical community of his generation. He studied philosophy at Charles University, attending the classes of Otakar Hostinský, and simultaneously studied composition and music theory privately under Zdeněk Fibich. From his early student days he was a close friend of Zdeněk Nejedlý, whose"
"of Prague, led by the young pedagogue and microtonal composer Alois Hába; in a climate increasingly unsympathetic to modernist exploration, the conductor was hailed as a hero. His untimely death in 1935, at the height of his career, was a bitter blow to the community, and for the remainder of the democratic era (to 1938) his achievements were continually rhapsodized in print. Otakar Ostrčil Otakar Ostrčil (25 February 1879 in Prague – 20 August 1935 in Prague) was a Czech composer and conductor. He is noted for symphonic works ""Impromptu"", ""Suite in C Minor"", and ""Symfonietta"", and in his opera"
"Sviatoslav Richter in the 1952 film ""Glinka – The Composer""; by Will Quadflieg in Max Ophüls's 1955 film Lola Montès; by Carlos Thompson in the 1955 film ""Magic Fire""; by Dirk Bogarde in the 1960 film ""Song Without End""; by Jeremy Irons in the 1974 BBC Television series ""Notorious Woman""; by Roger Daltrey in the 1975 Ken Russell film ""Lisztomania""; and by Julian Sands in the 1991 British-American film ""Impromptu"". Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (; , in modern usage ""Liszt Ferenc"" ; 22 October 181131 July 1886) was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, organist,"
"Eduard Nepomuk Kozič Eduard Nepomuk Kozič (21 May 1829 – 25 April 1874) was a photographer and inventor, known for his photo ateliers in the city center of Pressburg (today Bratislava). He created images of monuments of Bratislava and its surrounding, but was famous also as author of portraits (Franz Liszt, Graf Géza Zichy). He invented and patented a procedure to expose photographs on canvas, elephant bone, porcelain, wood, glass and email. In the 1850s he was the most prominent photographer in Bratislava. His portraits were the highlights of contemporary photography. He won many medals and awards from exhibitions (Paris"
"by La fondation de la Charte 77. František Listopad František Listopad (26 November 1921 – 1 October 2017) (born Jiří Synek, in Portugal known as Jorge Listopad) was a Czech poet, prose writer, essayist, theatre and television director, promoter of Czech literature and culture abroad, regarded as an expert on Central European thought and cultural output. František Listopad was born on 26 November 1921 in Prague and died in Lisbon on 1 October 2017. His nom de plume of Listopad is Czech for November, the month of his birth. After graduating from Jirásek Grammar School, he studied Aesthetics and Literary"
"Bořek Šípek Bořek Šípek (14 June 1949 – 13 February 2016) was a Czech architect and designer. Born in Prague, he was renowned for his individual, unusual, colorful and rich style. He experimented with unexpected and often opulent shapes. Šípek is said to be the father of “neo-baroque”. His architectural works and other designs are known worldwide, and his firm retains offices in Amsterdam, Prague and Shanghai. He was the architect of Prague Castle under the presidency of Václav Havel, and the designer of Havel's Place. Šípek was a knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He had"
"wife Olga. His brother Josef was arrested in September and eventually died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in April 1945. Karel Čapek and his wife are buried at the Vyšehrad cemetery in Prague. The inscription on the tombstone reads: ""Here would have been buried Josef Čapek, painter and poet. Grave far away."" Karel Čapek wrote with intelligence and humor on a wide variety of subjects. His works are known for their interesting and precise description of reality. Čapek is renowned for his excellent work with the Czech language. He is known as a science fiction author, who wrote before science"
"also the painstaking creation thereof?"" In 2014, the Karel Zeman Museum in Prague announced that they, in collaboration with České bijáky and Czech TV, had begun a complete digital restoration of the film, planned to be premiered at Expo 2015 in Italy. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (, literally The Deadly Invention or An Invention for Destruction) is a 1958 Czechoslovak black-and-white science fiction adventure film, produced by Zdeněk Novák, directed by Karel Zeman, that stars Lubor Tokoš, Arnošt Navrátil, and Miloslav Holub. Based on several works by Jules Verne, primarily his 1896"
"Pavel Štěpánek Pavel Štěpánek (born 1931) is a retired Czech celebrity psychic. He became, during the 1960s, the most tested individual participant in parapsychology experiments, both in terms of number of trials, and number of independent investigators. In 1968, results of these experiments were published in the journal ""Nature"", with Joseph Gaither Pratt as principal author. Critics have pointed out numerous experimental flaws in the tests that would have resulted in Štěpánek being able to guess correctly with no need for extrasensory perception, and have noted that when these problems were eliminated, Pavel failed the tests. Štěpánek was born in"
"fiction became widely recognized as a separate genre. Many of his works also discuss ethical aspects of industrial inventions and processes already anticipated in the first half of the 20th century. These include mass production, nuclear weapons and intelligent artificial beings such as robots or androids. His most productive years were during The First Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918–1938). Čapek also expressed fear of social disasters, dictatorship, violence, human stupidity, the unlimited power of corporations, and greed. Čapek tried to find hope, and the way out. From the 1930s onward, Čapek's work became increasingly anti-fascist, anti-militarist, and critical of what he"
"Zdeněk Holzel). Olbram Zoubek Olbram Zoubek (21 April 1926 – 15 June 2017) was a contemporary Czech sculptor and designer. His work was inspired by Swiss-Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti. There is an extensive permanent exhibition of his sculptures and art in Litomyšl Castle Vault Gallery. Zoubek was particularly well known for having taken a death mask of Jan Palach, a Charles University student who burned himself to death in protest over the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. One of his most famous works is his ""Memorial to the Victims of Communism"" in Prague (done in collaboration with the architects Jan"
"Milič Čapek Milič Čapek, (26 January 1909 – 17 November 1997) was a Czech–American philosopher. Čapek was strongly influenced by the process philosophy of Henri Bergson and to a lesser degree by Alfred North Whitehead. Much of his work was devoted to the relation of philosophy and modern physics, especially the philosophy of space and time and metaphysics. Čapek was born in the municipality of Třebechovice in present-day Czech Republic (then part of Austria-Hungary). He was married to Stephanie Čapek (born Štěpánka Řežábková), who was a school teacher in Czechoslovakia and later a housewife, and died on July 14, 1998"
"the only option to get back to Prague and his wife, Zátopek accepted the offer. Using his gift as a linguist the ČSTV put him to work monitoring foreign publications for the latest developments in sports science and training techniques. It was a lowly job shuffling papers in a small office under the Strahov stadium. He dutifully served until his retirement in the early 1980s. On 9 March 1990, Zátopek was rehabilitated by Václav Havel. Zátopek died in Prague on 22 November 2000 at the age of 78, from the complications of a stroke. His funeral at Prague's National Theatre"
"Jára Cimrman Jára Cimrman (), also known as ""the Master"", is a Czech fictional polymath, created by Ladislav Smoljak, Jiří Šebánek and Zdeněk Svěrák. The fictional personality is presented as a universal genius, and one of the greatest Czech playwrights, poets, composers, teachers, travellers, philosophers, inventors, detectives, mathematicians, and sportsmen of the 19th and early 20th century. Playing along with the pretence of his real existence is part of his characterization. Cimrman made his first appearance on a regular radio programme ""Nealkoholická vinárna U Pavouka"" (""The Non-Alcoholic Wine Bar chez Spider"") on 23 December 1966. Although the character was originally"
"best Czech Science fiction tradition. Souček's ""Blind Birds"" actually mimic the method and composition of ""War with the Newts, 1937"" (translation of ""Válka s mloky"", 1936) by Karel Čapek. Both Čapek and Souček initiate their plot deeply rooted in the present day setting (Čapek 30s, Souček 1960s) and both of them keenly criticize the present day social and political reality. Souček builds a virtuous mixture of scientific fact and made up archeological discoveries in France, Iceland, Brazil, and Mars. Both Čapek and Souček develop the fantastic element only very slowly, starting with the very sober 1st book, accelerating in the"
"Miroslav Štěpánek (artist) Miroslav Štěpánek (December 1923 – 28 November 2005) was a Czech artist, director, screenwriter, set designer, illustrator, graphic designer, animator, and sculptor. He was known for his contributions to Czech animated film and Czech, British and Japanese puppet film, cartoon animation and theatre during the 20th century. Štěpánek was born in Libčice nad Vltavou. He graduated at the Grammar school of Antonín Dvořák in Kralupy nad Vltavou. In 1950 he graduated from DAMU, department of theatre design in Prague. He studied also under the painter and graphic artist František Tichý. He studied at the Philosophical Faculty of"