Josef Topol (1 April 1935 – 15 June 2015) was a Czech playwright.
Josef Topol | |
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Born | (1935-04-01)April 1, 1935 |
Died | June 15, 2015(2015-06-15) (aged 80) |
Occupation | Playwright |
Relatives | Jáchym Topol (son) Filip Topol (son) |
In 1965, he co-founded Divadlo za branou, a theater in Prague which was closed in 1972 after being banned by Czechoslovak government.[1] In 1977 he signed Charter 77.[2]
He was married to Jiřina Topolová (1931-2016; daughter of Karel Schulz) and had two sons: Jáchym (* 1962) who is a writer and Filip (1965-2013) who was a leader of the band Psí vojáci.
Josef Topol died in 2015 at age of 80 in Prague.[2]
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