1882   -   1967

country of citizenship: Czechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary
language of expression: Russian, German, French, Czech
occupation: writer, journalist, science fiction writer, translator
award received: Národní umělec, Order of the Republic (Czechoslovakia), Order of Klement Gottwald, Order of Labour (Czechoslovakia), Státní cena Klementa Gottwalda, Czech State Award for Literature, honorary citizen of Kladno