Otokar Fischer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Otokar Fischer

Czech translator, playwright, poet and critic

Date of Birth: 20-May-1883

Place of Birth: Kolín, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1938

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, translator, pedagogue, literary critic, critic

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Otokar Fischer (20 May 1883 – 12 March 1938) was a Czech translator, playwright, poet and critic. He was born in Kolín, Czech Republic.
His family originally were of German minority ethnics in Kolin which had been assimilated into Czech people by intermarried. 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 a heart attack in theatre in Prague, as he learned that Hitler's army had occupied Austria.