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Pavel Kohout

born 1928

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Pavel Kohout is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, a Prague Spring participant and dissident in the 1970s until he was not allowed to return from Austria. He was a founding member of the Charter 77 movement.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
July 20, 1928
Prague
Citizenship

Czech Republic

Occupations & fields
writerdirectorplaywrightjournalistpoetscience fiction writer
Awards & honours
Artis Bohemiae Amicis MedalGratias AgitCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyMedal of Honor for the City of ViennaOrder of Honour (Upper Austria)Austrian State Prize for European Literature
Field and occupation
český básník, dramatik, exilový spisovatel, filmový režisér, politický spisovatel a romanopisec
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