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Born January 9, 1890 • Czechoslovakia
Died December 25, 1938 (aged 48) • Prague • Czech Republic
Notable Works “An Ordinary Life” • “Meteor” • “Power and Glory” • “R.U.R.” • “Tales from Two Pockets” • “The First Rescue Party” • “The Mother”

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