Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout
Pavel Kohout in 2008
Born	(1928-07-20) 20 July 1928 (age 95) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Czech
Notable awards	Austrian State Prize for European Literature
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Pavel Kohout (born 20 July 1928) 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.