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.

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
 2002 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
 2004 Honorary Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna in gold

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Category:1928 births
Category:Living people
Category:Czech novelists
Category:Austrian poets
Category:Austrian playwrights
Category:Czech poets
Category:Writers from Prague
Category:Charter 77 signatories