Karel Čapek

Karel Čapek (pronounced KARel CHAP-ek^ⓘ; IPA: ['tʃapek]) (January 9, 1890 - December 25, 1938) was one of the most important Czech writers of the 20th century. He introduced and made popular the frequently used international word robot, which first appeared in his play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) in 1920. The true inventor of the term robot was Karel's brother Josef Čapek.

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An outline of Čapek's works

Works which can be considered early science fiction:

Anti-Nazi plays from the 1930s:

Some other works:

The Gardener's Year (1929) is exactly what it says, a year-round guide to gardening, charmingly written, with illustrations by his brother Josef Čapek.
Pictures from the Insects' Life, also known as Insect Play, with Josef Čapek, a satire in which insects stand in for various human characteristics: the flighty, vain butterfly, the obsequious, self serving dung beetle.
Apocryphal Stories (Kniha apokryfů), short stories about literary and historical characters, such as Hamlet, a struggling playwright, Pontius Pilate, Don Juan, Alexander arguing with his teacher Aristotle, and Sarah and Abraham attempting to name ten good people so Sodom can be saved: "What do you have against Namuel? He's stupid but he's pious."
Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure
Dashenka, or the Life of a Puppy (Dášeňka)

The Absolute at Large, 1922 (in Czech), June 1975, Garland Publishing ISBN 0-824-01403-0
Apocryphal Tales, 1945 (in Czech), May 1997, Catbird Press Paperback ISBN 0-945-77434-6, Translated by Norma Comrada
An Atomic Phantasy: Krakatit or simply Krakatit, 1924 (in Czech)
Nine Fairy Tales: And One More Thrown in for Good Measure, October 1996, Northwestern Univ Press Paperback Reissue Edition, ISBN 0-810-11464-X. Illustrated by Josef Capek, Translated by Dagmar Herrmann
R.U.R, March 1970, Pocket Books ISBN 0-671-46605-4
Tales from Two Pockets
Short story collection, Mystery (nsf) Translated by Norma Comrada June 194, Catbird Press Paperback ISBN 0-945-77425-7
Talks With T.G. Masaryk Non-fiction. Biography of Masaryk, founder of Czechoslovakia.
Three Novels: Hordubal, Meteor, An Ordinary Lifes NSF? Translated by M. and R. Weatherall
Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader. Collection of stories, plays and columns. Edited by Peter Kussi, Catbird Press ISBN 0-945-77407-9
War With the Newts 1936 (in Czech), May 1967, Berkley Medallion Edition Paperback. Translated by M. & R. Weatherall, March 1990, Catbird Press paperback, ISBN 0-945-77410-9, October 1996, Northwestern University Press paperback ISBN 0-810-11468-2