František Langer
František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech-Jewish playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician.[1]
František Langer | |
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 František Langer, cca 1928 | |
| Born | 3 March 1888 |
| Died | 2 August 1965 (aged 77) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Alma mater | Charles University |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Physician |
Life
Langer was born and in Prague, Austria-Hungary in a Czech speaking Jewish family. He studied medicine at Charles University. He served in Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during the World War I as a physician. In 1935-1938 he worked as a dramatic adviser in Vinohrady Theatre and as a commander of a Prague military hospital. He spent World War II in England as a brigade general of the Czechoslovak army abroad.[2]
His younger brother was a Hebrew poet and scholar Jiří Langer.[3]
Work
Claude Rains and Mary Kennedy in the Theatre Guild's Broadway production of The Camel Through the Needle's Eye (1929)
The main focus of Langer's work is in drama:
- Velbloud uchem jehly (aka The Camel through the Needle's Eye) (1923)
- Periférie (aka The Outskirts) (1925)
- Grandhotel Nevada (1927)
- Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory (The Conversion of Ferdyš Pištora, 1929)
- Jízdní hlídka (aka The Cavalry Watch) (1935)
- Dvaasedmdesátka (1937)
- Děti a dýka (The Kids and the Dagger, 1942)
- Pražské legendy (Prague Legends, 1956)
- Železný vlk (The Iron Wolf, 1923) - short stories
Orders, decorations and medals
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Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, II. Class, 1995 in memoriam
Czechoslovak War Cross 1918
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
Czechoslovak Order of the Hawk with swords
Czechoslovak Order of the Hawk with a star
Czechoslovak Revolutionary Medal
Victory Medal
Czechoslovak Medal for Merit 1st Class
Commemorative Medal of Czechoslovak Army Abroad
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945
References
- Balajka, Bohuš (2005). Přehledné dějiny literatury. Prague: Fortuna. ISBN 80-7168-781-2.
- "František Langer Bibliography". literatura.kvalitne.cz (in Czech).
- "František Langer". yivoencyclopedia.org.
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