Note: There are other authors with the same name: Karel Capek

Author: Karel Čapek?Karel Capek Karel Chapek Author Record # 161 Legal Name: Čapek, Karel?Chapek, Karel Capek, Karel Birthplace: Malé Svatoňovice, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austro-Hungarian Empire Birthdate: 9 January 1890 Deathdate: 25 December 1938 Language: Czech Webpages: baila.net, Books and Writers, cscs.umich.edu, Encyclopedia of Fantasy, IMDB, Library of Congress, SFE, Wikipedia-CS, Wikipedia-EN Used These Alternate Names: Karel Capek, Карел Чапек?Karel Chapek Note: Karel and his older brother Josef Čapek sometimes collaborated as Brothers Čapek. Author Tags: science fiction (4), NESFA Core Reading List (2), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (2), amphibians (1), 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (1), unknown worlds (1), pandemic (1), WPA Playhouse (1), robots (1), Play (1), radio play (1), mathematics (1), roman invasion (1), Archimedes (1), Siracusa (1), dilemma (1)

• Továrna na absolutno^?Tovarna na absolutno
  (1922) also appeared as:
  • Translation: Das Absolutum oder Die Gottesfabrik [German] (1924)
  • Translation: The Absolute at Large [English] (1927) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: The Absolute at Large [English] (1927)
  • Translation: La fabrique d'absolu [French] (1945)
  • Translation: Fabrica de absolut [Romanian] (1969)
  • Translation: Die Fabrik des Absoluten [German] (1979)
  • Translation: Gudsfabriken [Swedish] (1988)
  • Translation: Fabrica de absolut [Romanian] (1995)
• Krakatit (1924) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Krakatit [English] (1925)
  • Translation: An Atomic Phantasy: Krakatit [English] (1948)
  • Translation: Krakatit [German] (1949)
  • Translation:
    Krakatit: Die große Versuchung: Eine Atom-Phantasie^?Krakatit: Die grosse Versuchung: Eine Atom-Phantasie
    [German] (1949)
  • Translation: Krakatit [Romanian] (1967)
  • Translation: Krakatit [German] (1991)
  • Translation: Krakatit [English] (2024)
• Válka s mloky (1936) also appeared as:
  • Translation: Salamanderkriget [Swedish] (1936)
  • Translation: Oorlog met de Salamanders [Dutch] (1937)
  • Translation: War with the Newts [English] (1937)
  • Translation: Der Krieg mit den Molchen [German] (1954)
  • Translation: War with the Newts [English] (1955) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation:
    Război cu salamandrele^?Razboi cu salamandrele
    [Romanian] (1961)
  • Translation: Der Krieg mit den Molchen [German] (1964)
  • Translation: A guerra das salamandras [Portuguese] (1965) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: Oorlog met de salamanders [Dutch] (1966)
  • Translation: La guerra de las salamandras [Spanish] (1969)
  • Translation: La guerre des salamandres [French] (1969)
  • Translation: A guerra das salamandras [Portuguese] (1979)
  • Translation: War with the Newts [English] (1985)
  • Translation: The War with the Newts [English] (2010) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: The War with the Newts [English] (2012)

• Trapné povídky (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Money and Other Stories [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Devatero pohádek a ještě jedna od Josefa Čapka jako přívažek^?Devatero pohadek a jeste jedna od Josefa Capka jako privazek
  (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Fairy Tales, with One Extra As a Makeweight [English] (1933)
  • Translation: Nine Fairy Tales (And One Thrown in for Good Measure) [English] (1990)
• Tales from Two Pockets [English] (1932)
• Teatru [Romanian] (1968)
• Toward the Radical Centre: A Karel Capek Reader [English] (1990)

• R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) and War with the Newts [English] (2011) [O]
• Továrna na absolutno / Krakatit (unpublished) [O] only appeared as:
  • Translation: Fabrica de absolut / Krakatit [Romanian] (1986) [O]
• Válka s mloky / Hordubal^?Valka s mloky / Hordubal
  (unpublished) [O] only appeared as:
  • Translation:
    Război cu salamandrele / Hordubal^?Razboi cu salamandrele / Hordubal
    [Romanian] (1961) [O]

• R. U. R. (1920) also appeared as:
  • Translation: R. U. R. [English] (1923) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (1923)
  • Translation: R. U. R: Rossumaj Universalaj Robotoj [Esperanto] (1926)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [English] (1969)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2004)
  • Translation: R. U. R (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2010) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: Rossum's Universal Robots [English] (2011)
  • Translation: Rossum's Universal Robots [English] (2011)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2011)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2014)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2019) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: RUR: Robôs Universais de Rossum [Portuguese] (2021)
• Věc Makropulos^?Vec Makropulos
  (1922) also appeared as:
  • Translation: The Makropoulos Secret [English] (1925) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: The Macropoulos Secret [English] (1927)
• The White Plague [English] (1988)

• Systém^?System
  (1908) with
  Josef Čapek^?Josef Capek
  only appeared as:
  • Translation: System [English] (1967)
• Ostrov (1916) with
  Josef Čapek^?Josef Capek
  only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Island [English] (1925)
  • Translation: The Island [English] (1927) [as by
    Karel Čapek^?Karel Capek
    Karel Chapek
    ]
• Šlépěj^?Slepej
  Shlepej
  (1917) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Footprint [English] (1990)
• R. U. R. (1920) also appeared as:
  • Translation: R. U. R. [English] (1923) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (1923)
  • Translation: R. U. R: Rossumaj Universalaj Robotoj [Esperanto] (1926)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [English] (1954)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [French] (1961) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: R. U. R., Comédia utópica em três actos e um prólogo [Portuguese] (1965)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [Romanian] (1968)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [English] (1969)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [Croatian] (1986)
  • Translation: R. U. R. [English] (1990)
  • Translation:
    Р. У. Р.^?R. U. R.
    Р.У.Р.
    R.U.R.
    [Bulgarian] (1990) [as by
    Карел Чапек^?Karel Chapek
    ]
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2004)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2010) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: Rossum's Universal Robots [English] (2011)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2011)
  • Translation: Rossum's Universal Robots [English] (2012)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2014)
  • Translation: R. U. R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) [English] (2019) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: RUR: Robôs Universais de Rossum [Portuguese] (2021)
• Na zámku (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: At the Castle [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Surovec (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Bully [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Tribunál (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Tribunal [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Uražený (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Insult [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Ze života hmyzu (1921) with
  Josef Čapek^?Josef Capek
  only appeared as:
  • Translation:
    Din viața insectelor^?Din viatsa insectelor
    Din viata insectelor
    [Romanian] (1968)
• Ze života hmyzu - Act II (1921) with
  Josef Čapek^?Josef Capek
  only appeared as:
  • Translation: From the Life of the Insects - Act II [English] (1990)
• Věc Makropulos^?Vec Makropulos
  (1922) also appeared as:
  • Translation: The Makropoulos Secret [English] (1923) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: The Macropoulos Secret [English] (1927)
  • Translation:
    Rețeta Makropolos^?Reteta Makropolos
    [Romanian] (1968)
  • Translation: The Makropulos Secret [English] (1990)
• Balada o Juraji Čupovi^?Balada o Juraji Cupovi
  Balada o Juraji Chupovi
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Epic Exploit of Juraj Cup [English] (1932)
• Jasnovidec (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Clairvoyant [English] (1932)
  • Translation: Der Hellseher [German] (1975)
• Šlépěje^?Slepeje
  Shlepeje
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Footprints [English] (1990)
• Věštkyně^?Vestkyne
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Fortune Teller [English] (1932) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: The Fortune-Teller [English] (1932)
• Závrať^?Zavrať
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Giddiness [English] (1932)
  • Translation:
    Das Schwindelgefühl^?Das Schwindelgefuehl
    [German] (1975)
• Druhá loupežnická pohádka (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Second Bandit's Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Second Robber's Tale [English] (1990)
• Pohádka ptačí^?Pohadka ptaci
  Pohadka ptachi
  (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Bird's Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Bird's Tale [English] (1990)
• Pohádka vodnická (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Water-Sprite's Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Water-Sprite's Tale [English] (1990)
  • Translation: The Water Sprite's Tale [English] (2019)
• Pošťácká pohádka^?Posťacka pohadka
  Poshťacka pohadka
  (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Postman's Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Mailman's Tale [English] (1990)
• Psí pohádka (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Dog's Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Dog's Tale [English] (1990)
• Tulácká pohádka (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Tramp's Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Tramp's Tale [English] (1990)
• Velká kočičí pohádka^?Velka kocici pohadka
  Velka kochichi pohadka
  (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: A Long Tale About a Cat [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Great Cat's Tale [English] (1990)
• Velká pohádka doktorská (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: A Long Tale for Doctors [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Great Doctor's Tale [English] (1990)
• Velká policejní pohádka (1932) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Long Police Tale [English] (1933)
  • Translation: The Great Police Tale [English] (1990)
• Bajky z let budoucích (1934) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Anecdotele viitorului [Romanian] (1969)
  • Translation:
    Fabeln aus künftigen Jahren^?Fabeln aus kuenftigen Jahren
    [German] (1981)
  • Translation:
    Fabeln aus künftigen Jahren, in denen die Menschen in unterirdischen Bunkern leben werden^?Fabeln aus kuenftigen Jahren, in denen die Menschen in unterirdischen Bunkern leben werden
    [German] (1981) [as by Karel Capek]
• From the Point of View of a Cat [English] (1935)
• Stěhovací podnik^?Stehovaci podnik
  (1936) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Die Umzugsfirma [German] (1985)
  • Translation: A Resettlement Agency [English] (1990)
• Bílá nemoc (1937) only appeared as:
  • Translation:
    Boala albă^?Boala alba
    [Romanian] (1968)
  • Translation: The White Plague [English] (1988)
• Glorie (1938) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Der Heiligenschein [German] (1981)
• Matka (1938) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Mama [Romanian] (1968)
  • Translation: The Mother [English] (1990)
• Smrt Archimédova (1938) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Death of Archimedes [English] (1949)
• Muž, který dovedl lítat^?Muz, ktery dovedl litat
  (1938) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Der Mann, der fliegen konnte [German] (1981)
  • Translation: The Man Who Could Fly [English] (1990)
• Pilátovo krédo (1945) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Pilate's Creed [English] (1949)
• USA – Erinnerungen aus der Zukunft^?USA - Erinnerungen aus der Zukunft
  [German] (1955)
• La civilisation en marche (Histoire des salamandres) [French] (1961) [only as by Karel Capek]
• Konac Sapiensa [Croatian] (1965)
• R.U.R. (actul al III-lea) [Romanian] (1965)
• Des lézards et des hommes [French] (1977) [only as by Karel Capek]
• R.U.R. (Excerpt) [English] (1977)
• Homme ou robot ? [French] (1992) [only as by Karel Capek]
• Epilogue, from R. U. R. [English] (1998)
• Czasy upadku [Polish] (2019)
• R. U. R. (excerpt) (unpublished) only appeared as:
  • Translation: R. U. R. (extrait) [French] (1981) [as by Karel Capek]

• Edgar Allan Poe: Bezpříkladné dobrodružství Hanse Pfalla^?Edgar Allan Poe: Bezprikladne dobrodruzstvi Hanse Pfalla
  (1908) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Edgar Allan Poe: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfall [English] (1994) [as by Karel Capek]
• Comment m'est venue l'idée de « La guerre des salamandres »^?Comment m'est venue l'idee de « La guerre des salamandres »
  [French] (1969)
• Vorwort (Der Krieg mit den Molchen) [German] (1985)

• Hordubal (1933) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Hordubal [German] (1933)
  • Translation: Hordubal [English] (1934)
  • Translation: Hordubal [Romanian] (1961)
  • Translation: Hordubal [German] (1989)
• Obyčejný život^?Obycejny zivot
  (1934) only appeared as:
  • Translation: An Ordinary Life [English] (1936)
  • Translation:
    Ein gewöhnliches Leben^?Ein gewoehnliches Leben
    [German] (1989)
• Povětroň^?Povetron
  (1934) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Meteor [English] (1935)
  • Translation: Der Meteor [German] (1989)

• Die blaue Chrysantheme [German] (1975)

• Three Novels [English] (1948) [O] also appeared as:
  • Translation:
    Hordubal / Der Meteor / Ein gewöhnliches Leben^?Hordubal / Der Meteor / Ein gewoehnliches Leben
    [German] (1989) [O]

• Believe in People: The Essential Karel Čapek^?Believe in People: The Essential Karel Capek
  Believe in People: The Essential Karel Chapek
  [English] (2010)

• Loupežník (1920) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Tâlharul [Romanian] (1968)
• Helena (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Helena [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Košile (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Shirts [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Otcové (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Two Fathers [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Peníze (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Money [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
  • Translation: Money [English] (1990)
• Tři^?Tri
  (1921) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Three [English] (1929) [as by Karel Capek]
• Ukradený spis 139/VII, odd. C (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Stolen Papers 139/VII, Sect. C [English] (1932)
• Experiment profesora Rousse (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Das Experiment des Professors Rouss [German] (1975)
• Naprostý důkaz^?Naprosty dukaz
  (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Proof Positive [English] (1932)
  • Translation: Der vollkommene Beweis [German] (1975)
• Zmizení herce Bendy (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Disappearance of an Actor [English] (1932)
  • Translation: Das Verschwinden des Schauspielers Benda [German] (1975)
• Vražedný útok (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Attempt at Murder [English] (1932)
  • Translation:
    Verbrecherischer Überfall^?Verbrecherischer Ueberfall
    [German] (1975)
• Případ Selvinův^?Pripad Selvinuv
  (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Selvin Case [English] (1932)
• Kupón (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Coupon [English] (1932)
• Oplatkův konec^?Oplatkuv konec
  (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Oplatka's End [English] (1932)
• Případy pana Janíka^?Pripady pana Janika
  (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Strange Experiences of Mr. Janik [English] (1932)
• Propuštěný^?Propusteny
  (1928) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Discharged [English] (1932)
• Básník (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Der Dichter [German] (1975)
  • Translation: The Poet [English] (1990)
• Modrá chryzantéma (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Die blaue Chrysantheme [German] (1975)
  • Translation: The Blue Crysanthemum [English] (1990)
• Příběh sňatkového podvodníka^?Pribeh snatkoveho podvodnika
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Misadventures of a Matrimonial Swindler [English] (1932)
• Tajemství písma (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Secrets of Handwriting [English] (1932)
• Zločin na poště^?Zlocin na poste
  Zlochin na poshte
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Das Verbrechen auf der Post [German] (1975)
  • Translation: The Crime at the Post Office [English] (1990)
• Zmizení pana Hirsche (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Disappearance of Mr. Hirsch [English] (1932)
• Čintamani a ptáci^?Cintamani a ptaci
  Chintamani a ptaci
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Troubles of a Carpet Fancier [English] (1932)
  • Translation:
    Tschintamanin und die Vögel^?Tschintamanin und die Voegel
    [German] (1975)
  • Translation: Chinamen and Birds [English] (1990)
• Ukradená vražda (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Stolen Murder [English] (1932)
• Případ s dítětem^?Pripad s ditetem
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Die Sache mit dem Kind [German] (1975)
• Historie dirigenta Kaliny (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Musical Conductor's Story [English] (1929)
  • Translation: Die Geschichte des Dirigenten Kalina [German] (1975)
• Ušní zpověď^?Usni zpoveď
  Ushni zpoveď
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Confessional [English] (1932)
• Soud pana Havleny (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Mr. Havlena's Verdict [English] (1932)
• Jehla (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Needle [English] (1932)
  • Translation:
    Die Nähnadel^?Die Naehnadel
    [German] (1975)
• Telegram (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Telegramm [German] (1975)
• Sbírka známek (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Stamp Collection [English] (1932)
• Obyčejná vražda^?Obychejna vrazhda
  Obycejna vrazhda
  (1929) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Ordinary Murder [English] (1932)
• Farm Murder [English] (1932)
• There Was Something Shady About the Man [English] (1932)
• O pěti chlebích^?O peti chlebich
  (1937) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Five Loaves [English] (1990)

• Vynález (1924) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Inventions [English] (1990)
• The English Park [English] (1925)
• Traffic (1925) only appeared as:
  • Translation: Traffic [English] (1925)
• A Cold [English] (1935)
• Cats [English] (1935)
• Fires [English] (1935)
• In Praise of Clumsy People [English] (1935)
• Hle, Československo^?Hle, Cheskoslovensko
  (1936) only appeared as:
  • Translation: At the Crossroads of Europe [English] (1938)
• Schlußwort des Autors (Hordubal / Der Meteor / Ein gewöhnliches Leben)^?Schlusswort des Autors (Hordubal / Der Meteor / Ein gewoehnliches Leben)
  [German] (1989)
• Children of the Poor [English] (1990)
• Fairbanksův úsměv^?Fairbanksuv usmev
  (1990) only appeared as:
  • Translation: The Fairbanks Smile [English] (1990)
• Goodwill [English] (1990)
• In Praise of Idleness [English] (1990)
• Legs and the Gardener [English] (1990)
• Let's Be Revolutionary [English] (1990)
• On Literature [English] (1990)
• Soil and the Gardener [English] (1990)
• The Mail [English] (1990)