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رابرت کاپا
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Robert Capa, born Friedmann Endre Ernő in Budapest, was a male war correspondent, photographer, photojournalist, and journalist. He held citizenship in France, Hungary, and the United States. Capa participated in the Spanish Civil War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, and the First Indochina War. His notable work includes *The Falling Soldier*. He was influenced by Ernest Hemingway and inspired by the Castle of Sperlinga in Sperlinga.
Capa worked in Vienna, Paris, and Sperlinga. He spoke English and Hungarian. He was an unmarried partner of Gerda Taro. He received the Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures, the Béla Balázs Award, and the Medal of Freedom. He participated in Documenta 6.
Capa died on May 25, 1954, in Thái Bình. His manner of death was accidental.
Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1954
- Works
- 36
Top works
- צלם של החיים
- William Faulkner
- Menschen im Krieg
- Tatslumim mi-Yiʹsra'el 1948-1950
- Capa Tur̈kiye'de
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Camera · Budapest, Hungary
Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
Known for
- Temptation — Hamza1946
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Holmestrand
- Active from
- 1913
- Active to
- 1954
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 15
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Capa">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Development of the Colle-Salvetti correlation-energy formula into a functional of the electron density
· 1988 · cited 95,740x
- Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation
· 2011 · cited 56,517x
- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,786x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,754x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,451x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Thái Bình
- Sibling
- Cornell Capa
- Employer
- Life
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Genre
- figurative art
- Movement
- French Realism
- Conflict
- Allied invasion of Sicily
- Military branch
- photojournalism
- Image
- War photographer Robert Capa during the Chinese-Japanese war, RP-F-2012-140 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Significant event
- Allied invasion of Sicily
Show 18 more facts
- Commons category
- Robert Capa
- unmarried partner
- Gerda Taro
- date of birth
- 1913-10-22
- date of death
- 1954-05-25
- birth name
- Friedmann Endre Ernő
- manner of death
- accidental death
- influenced by
- Ernest Hemingway
- inspired by
- Sperlinga
- cause of death
- explosion
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- different from
- Frank Capra
- floruit
- 1938-01-01
- P8168
- CS
- start of work period
- 1931-01-01
- end of work period
- 1954-01-01
- name in native language
- Endre Friedmann
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- Commons Creator page
- Robert Capa
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
14 objects attributed to رابرت کاپا, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Ohne Titel (Blick von der Tauentzienstraße auf die Gedächtniskirche)
As World War II drew to a close...
To send their folks back home, Russian soldiers pose for pictures of themselves and Berlin's Siegessäule Victory Monument
Ohne Titel (Zerstörte Häuserfront)
Untitled (street café at Kurfürstendamm, Café Wien)
Germany: The image of defeat: Berlin 1945. In the background Russian soldiers and ruins.
Ohne Titel (Junge und drei Frauen mit Handwagen vor Ruinen)
Untitled (Allied soldiers celebrating)
Untitled (Berlin, woman with children in Trümmerstraße)
Ohne Titel (Ein russischer und ein US-Soldat beim Uhrenhandel)
Untitled (Probably liberated forced laborers in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm National Monument, Schinkelsche Bauademie on the right)
GERMANY Women pushing wagon
Untitled (Imperial Wilhelm Memorial Church)
Untitled