František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965), was a Czech playwright, military physician, script writer, essayist, literary critic and publicist. He was born and died in Prague.
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Langer, as a physician, served in Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during the World War I. In 1935-38 he worked as dramatic adviser in Městské divadlo in Prague, Vinohrady and as a commander of a Prague military hospital (rank of colonel). World War II he spend in England as a member of Czechoslovakian army abroad (brigade general).
The main focus of Langer's work is in drama:
Balajka, Bohuš: Přehledné dějiny literatury. Prague: Fortuna, 2005. ISBN 80-7168-781-2