Karel Poláček
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Czech humorist, publicist, bookwriter, scriptwriter and writer (1892–1945)
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- 45
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- Hostinec u kamenného stolu
- Žu̧rnalisticky slovník
- Na prahu neznáma
- Dům na předměstí
- Bylo nás pět
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Known for
- An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes2009
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karel
- Family name
- Poláček
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Place of birth
- Rychnov nad Kněžnou
- Place of death
- Auschwitz
- Occupation
- editing staff
- Employer
- Melantrich
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Field of work
- editing
- Image
- Karel Poláček (1892-1945).jpg
- Work location
- Prague
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- Commons category
- Karel Poláček
- date of birth
- 1892-03-22
- date of death
- 1944-10-19
- place of detention
- Theresienstadt Ghetto
- ethnic group
- Czechs
- name in native language
- Karel Poláček
- subject has role
- Holocaust victim
- name
- Karel Poláček
- writing language
- Czech
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