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Today in Literary History – January 9, 1890 – Karel Čapek, the science fiction writer who invented the term “robot” is born – bookworm norm
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Karel Capek - portrait of the Czech writer. 9 January 1890 - 26 December 1938. Introduced and made popular the word 'robot' in Stock Photo - Alamy
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