Editing Golem (section)

==Culture of the Czech Republic==
The golem is a popular figure in the [[Czech Republic]]. The 1915 novel by [[Gustav Meyrink]] (''[[The Golem (Meyrink novel)|The Golem]]'') was briefly popular and did much to keep the imagination about the golem going. Several restaurants and other businesses have names that make reference to the creature. A Czech [[Strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]], René Richter goes by the nickname "Golem",<ref name="newlife" /> and a Czech [[monster truck]] outfit calls itself the "Golem Team".<ref>{{Cite web|title=VIDEO: René Richter, the Czech Man With the Strongest Jaws in the World|url=https://www.praguemorning.cz/rene-richter-czech-record-cans/|last=B|first=Veronika|date=25 January 2020|website=Prague Morning|language=en-US|access-date=29 May 2020|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126014817/https://www.praguemorning.cz/rene-richter-czech-record-cans/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Abraham Akkerman preceded his article on human automatism in the contemporary city with a short satirical poem on a pair of golems turning human.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Philosophical Urbanism and Deconstruction in City-Form: An Environmental Ethos for the Twenty-First Century |url=https://www.usask.ca/structurist/|first=Abraham |last=Akkerman|magazine=The Structurist|number=43/44 |pages=48–61|date=2003–2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904074945/https://www.usask.ca/structurist/|archive-date=4 September 2017|access-date=18 August 2017}} Published also as Paper CTS-04-06 by the Center for Theoretical Study, Prague.</ref>