Otokar Fischer (20 May 1883 – 12 March 1938) was a Czech translator, playwright, poet and critic. 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. External links René Wellek: Otokar Fischer, in: The Slavonic and East European Review, Vol. 17, No. 49 (Jul., 1938), pp. 215–218 French translations of Fischer's poems Correspondence between Otokar Fischer, Rudolf Pannwitz and Pavel Eisner 1883 births 1938 deaths Writers from Kolín Czechoslovak writers Czech male poets Czech male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Czech poets 20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights 20th-century male writers Translators of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Translators of William Shakespeare