František Langer (3 March 1888 – 2 August 1965) was a Czech-Jewish playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military physician.[1]

Brigade General František Langer
František Langer, cca 1928
Born	(1888-03-03)3 March 1888 Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
Died	2 August 1965(1965-08-02) (aged 77) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Alma mater	Charles University
Occupation	Writer, Physician

Life

Langer was born and in Prague, Austria-Hungary in a Czech speaking Jewish family. He studied medicine at Charles University. He served in Czechoslovak Legions in Russia during the World War I as a physician. In 1935-1938 he worked as a dramatic adviser in Vinohrady Theatre and as a commander of a Prague military hospital. He spent World War II in England as a brigade general of the Czechoslovak army abroad.[2]

His younger brother was a Hebrew poet and scholar Jiří Langer.[3]

Work

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

• Velbloud uchem jehly (aka The Camel through the Needle's Eye) (1923)
• Periférie (aka The Outskirts) (1925)
• Grandhotel Nevada (1927)
• Obrácení Ferdyše Pištory (The Conversion of Ferdyš Pištora, 1929)
• Jízdní hlídka (aka The Cavalry Watch) (1935)
• Dvaasedmdesátka (1937)
• Děti a dýka (The Kids and the Dagger, 1942)
• Pražské legendy (Prague Legends, 1956)
• Železný vlk (The Iron Wolf, 1923) - short stories

Orders, decorations and medals

• Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, II. Class, 1995 in memoriam
• Czechoslovak War Cross 1918
• Czechoslovak War Cross 1939-1945
• Czechoslovak Order of the Hawk with swords
• Czechoslovak Order of the Hawk with a star
• Czechoslovak Revolutionary Medal
• Victory Medal
• Czechoslovak Medal for Merit 1st Class
• Commemorative Medal of Czechoslovak Army Abroad
• Croix de Guerre 1939–1945

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На других языках

[ru] Лангер, Франтишек