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Karel Poláček

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Also known as Karel Polacek

Czech humorist, publicist, bookwriter, scriptwriter and writer (1892–1945)

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  • Hostinec u kamenného stolu
  • Žu̧rnalisticky slovník
  • Na prahu neznáma
  • Dům na předměstí
  • Bylo nás pět

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Karel Poláček (22 March 1892 – 21 January 1945) was a Czechoslovak writer, humorist and journalist of Jewish descent. His first novel was Dům na předměstí (1928) (English A House in the Suburbs) in which he portrayed a rebirth of a "small man" into a dehumanised creature as soon as he is possessed with proprietary instincts to possess. He was widely popular for his humoristic prose such as Muži v offsidu (1931) (Men in Offside), which was made into a movie that year by director Svatopluk Innem

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