Karel Čapek (English: Charles Chapek; ) was a Czechoslovakian writer, who was the brother of Josef Čapek, an painter and a writer. Čapek first coined the word robot in 1920, through a drama called, R.U.R (Short for Rossumov universal roboti in Bohemian). The events in the first parts of the work take place in a factory where robots are produced. In this drama, robots seem to be like people, and they are like people in almost every way.
Work
Dramas
Love's Fatal Game (Lásky hra osudná, 1910) R.U.R (Short for Rossumov universal roboti in Bohemian, 1920) Pictures from the Insect's Life (Ze života hmysu, 1921) The Makropulos Affair (Věc Makropulos, 1922) Adam the Creator (Adam stvořitel, 1927) The White Disease (Bílá nemoc, 1937) The Mother (Matka, 1938)
Prose
The Luminous Depths (Zárive hlubiny, Karel's brother Josef co-wrote it) Crusade of God (Boží muka, 1917) The Absolute at Large (Továrna na absolutno, 1922) Krakatites (Krakatit, 1922) The Gardener's Year (Zahradníkov rok, 1929) The War Against The Salamanders (Válka s mloky, 1936)
Children's books
Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure (Devatero pohádek a jedna jako přídavek, 1932) Dascena, Or The Life of a Puppy (Dášeňka čili život štěněte, 1933) Poodle: I Had A Dog And A Cat (Pudlenka aneb měl jsem psa a kočku) The Shirts (Košile, short story)
Political works
The book series Talks with TGM (Hovory's TGM; 1928 – 1969), which consists of those following works: Talks with TGM (Hovory's TGM; 1928) Silence with TGM (Mlčení's TGM; 1935) Reading with TGM (Čtení o TGM; 1969)