Otokar Fischer
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Otokar Fischer (1883 - 1938) was a Czech playwright, an excellent translator, a poet and critic.
He was born in Kolín, 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 heart attack in theatre in Prague, as he learned that Hitler's army had occupied Austria.
External links
- [French translations of Fischer's poems]
- [Correspondence] between Otokar Fischer, Rudolf Pannwitz and Paul Eisner
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