František Langer was a Czech

Czech Republic

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 playwright

Playwright

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, military physician

Physician

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, script writer

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, essayist, literary critic and publicist

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. He was born and died in Prague

Prague

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Life

Langer, as a physician, served in Czechoslovak Legions

Czechoslovak Legions

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 in Russia

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 during the World War I

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. In 1935-38 he worked as dramatic adviser in Městské divadlo in Prague

Prague

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, Vinohrady

Vinohrady

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 and as a commander of a Prague military hospital (rank of colonel). World War II

World War II

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 he spend in England

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as a member of Czechoslovakian army abroad (brigade general).

Work

The main focus of Langer's work is in drama:

• Velbloub uchem jehly (aka The Camel through the Needle's Eye) (1923)
• Periferie (aka The Outskirts) (1925)
• Grandhotel Nevada (1927)
• Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory (1929)
• Jízdní hlídka (aka The Cavalry Witch) (1935)
• Dvaasedmdesátka (1937)
• Děti a dýka (1942)
• Pražské legendy (1956)
• Železný vlk (1923) - short stories

External links

• Bibliography (in Czech)