Josef Čapek
Josef Čapek (23 March 1887 – April 1945) was a Czech artist who was best known as a painter, but who was also noted as a writer and a poet.
He invented the word robot, which was introduced into literature by his brother, Karel Čapek.
Gerda Grepp
Gerda Johanne Helland Grepp( 26 May 1907 – 29 August 1940) was a Norwegian translator, journalist, and socialist.
She was the daughter of former chairman of the Norwegian Labour Party Kyrre Grepp and journalist Rachel Grepp.
She was married to Italian- Swiss potter Mario Mascarin( 1901 – 66).
They had a son Olav Kyrre( Ping) Grepp and a daughter Solveig Marie Alexandra" Sacha" Grepp.
The daughter was named after family friend Alexandra Kollontai.
Paul Selver
( Percy) Paul Selver( 22 March 1888 – 6 April 1970) was an English writer and translator.
A prolific translator of Czech literature into English, he was best known as the translator of Karel Čapek.
Arne Laurin
Arne Laurin, real name Arnošt Lustig( 1889 in Hrnčíře village, Praha- Šeberov, Prague – 17 February 1945 in New York City) was a Czech- Jewish journalist.
He was editor of the Prager Presse and one of Karel Čapek's Friday Men circle.
He is buried at the New Jewish Cemetery in Prague.
Jaroslav Mostecký
Jaroslav Mostecký( born 29 September 1963 in Zábřeh) is a Czech science fiction writer.
He won the science fiction fandom related Karel Čapek prize in 1997.
Karel Čapek
Karel Čapek (9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright and critic.
He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel "War with the Newts" (1936) and play "R.U.R.Rossum's Universal Robots", 1920), which introduced the word "robot".
He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time.
Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe.
Though nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature seven times, Čapek never received it.
However, several awards commemorate his name, such as the Karel Čapek Prize, awarded every other year by the Czech PEN Club for literary work that contributes to reinforcing or maintaining democratic and humanist values in society.
He also played a key role in establishing the Czechoslovak PEN Club as a part of International PEN.
Čapek died on the brink of World War II as the result of a lifelong medical condition,
but his legacy as a literary figure became well established after the war.
Kyrre Grepp
Kyrre Grepp( 6 August 1879 – 6 February 1922) Norwegian politician, leader of the Norwegian Labour Party.
Grepp became a Communist by the end of his life and was active in the Comintern.
A street is named after Grepp in the Sagene borough of Oslo.
He was married to Rachel Grepp, with whom he had a daughter, Gerda Grepp.
Josef Kodíček
Josef Kodíček (24 January 1892 – November 1954) was a Czech journalist and theatre critic.
During the 1930s, he was a part of the Friday Men circle which used to meet at Karel Čapek's house in Prague.
František Kubka
František Kubka( 1894 in Prague – 1969) was a Czech author, journalist, diplomat and politician.
He was a regular at the" Friday Men" meetings at Karel Čapek's house from 1921 – 1938.
His folk tale of the romance of Peter Vok with a miller's daughter became the basis of the most popular post-war Czech opera," Zuzana Vojířová".
He was appointed ambassador to Bulgaria( 1946- 49).
Olga Scheinpflugová
Olga Scheinpflugová (3 December 1902 – 13 April 1968) was a Czech actress and writer.
She was a daughter of the writer, journalist and playwright Karel Scheinpflug.
In 1935, she married the writer Karel Čapek.

Question: Who died first, Karel Čapek or Kyrre Grepp?