František Langer
František Langer was a Czech-Jewish playwright, screenwriter, essayist, literary critic, publicist and military 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.
His younger brother was a Hebrew poet and scholar Jiří Langer.Work
The main focus of Langer's work is in drama:
