Otokar Fischer
![Otokar Fischer, cartoon by Hugo Boettinger, 1917](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Otokar_Fischer_by_Boettinger_1917.jpg)
He was born in Kolín, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 1938
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Published: 2002