Josef Topol
Josef Topol (1 April 1935 – 15 June 2015) was a Czech playwright. In 1965, he co-founded "Divadlo za branou", a theater in Prague which was closed in 1972 after being banned by Czechoslovak government. In 1977 he signed Charter 77. 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.