Otokar Fischer (1883-1938)
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- Name (English)
- Otokar Fischer
- Short name
- Otokar Fischer
- Year of birth
- 1883
- Year of death
- 1938
- Short Description
- "Otokar Fischer (20 May 1883 – 12 March 1938) was a Czech translator, playwright, poet and critic.
He was born in Kolín, modern-day Czech Republic.
He made new translations of Goethe, Shakespeare and Villon. He was a professor at Prague university and the director of Bohemian National Theatre in Prague.
Died of a heart attack in theatre in Prague, as he learned that Hitler's army had occupied Austria." - (en.wikipedia.org 12.08.2021) - Entity Encoding
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