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.
[edit] External links
- French translations of Fischer's poems
- Correspondence between Otokar Fischer, Rudolf Pannwitz and Paul Eisner
