Pavel Kohout

Pavel Kohout (born July 20, 1928 in Prague) is a Czech and Austrian novelist, playwright, and poet. He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was a Prague Spring exponent and dissident in the 1970s until he was expelled to Austria. He was a founding member of the Charter 77 movement.

Pavel Kohout, Warsaw (Poland), March 12, 2008

Decorations and awards
  • 1969 Franz Theodor Csokor Award
  • 1977 Austrian State Prize for European Literature
  • 1997 Das Glas der Vernunft (The Glass of Reason) (Kassel Citizenship Award)
  • 1999 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class[1]
  • 2002 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 2004 Honorary Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna in gold

References
  1. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1176. Retrieved 21 January 2013.


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