Biography
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. He was still a devoted communist upon graduating from secondary school in 1947, and graduated from Charles University in 1952, with a degree in theater and aesthetics. He then became a member of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Youth Union, serving until 1960. It was during this period that he began writing plays and poetry. He was also a member of the Union of Writers.
In 1956, he was briefly employed by Czechoslovak Television as a reporter and commentator. From 1963 to 1966, he was the dramaturge at Vinohrady Theatre. While there, he became attracted to the reform movement and resigned from the Union of Writers due to questions concerning his "cultural-political orientation". In 1967, following a public reading of Solzhenitsyn's protest letter to the Union of Soviet Writers, he and several other prominent writers were subjected to disciplinary action.
Because he and other dissident theater workers had been banned from working in the official theater, he formed an acting company called "Living-Room Theater" with the actors Pavel Landovský, Vlasta Chramostová, Vlastimil Třešňák, and his daughter, Tereza Boučková to covertly perform an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth in living rooms in Prague. Czech-born UK playwright Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth is inspired by these events.In 1968, he became one of the most prominent figures in the Prague Spring. The following year, he was expelled from the Communist Party and his works were subjected to strict censorship. He and his third wife Jelena Mašínová were allowed to travel to Austria in 1978, where he had a contract with the Burgtheater. While there, their citizenship was revoked and they could not return. In 1980, they received Austrian citizenship and settled in Vienna. In Austria he continued his work and was awarded Austrian Waldviertel Academy prize. After the fall of the Communist government, they often returned to Prague and now divide their time between there and Sázava.
Filmography
all 37
Movies 32
Writer 20
self 8
TV Shows 5
Screenplay 3
Director 2
Narrator 1
All Men Become Brothers (2023)
Věřím, že více světla potřeba nebude (2020)
To byl můj život?? (2018)
The Magic Voice Of A Rebel (2014)
Cizinec a krásná paní (2012)
Die lange Welle hinterm Kiel (2011)
Smyčka (2010)
Sommer '39 (2009)
NZZ Standpunkte (2007)
P.F. 77 (2003)
Hodina tance a lásky (2003)
Hodina pravdy (2001)
Saint Clara (1996)
Konec velkých prázdnin (1996)
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio (1994)
Ecce Constantia (1992)
Aksál (1990)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Der aufregende Fall des Studienrats Adam Juracek (1976)
Krieg im dritten Stock (1973)
August, August, August (1970)
Mond über dem Fluß (1969)
Elective Affinities (1968)
So eine Liebe (1968)
Svatba s podmínkou (1965)
Seven Days in a Week (1965)
Dvanáct (1964)
Die Reise um die Erde (1964)
Skid (1960)
Letiště nepřijímá (1960)
Taková láska (1959)
The Road Back (1959)
A Suburban Romance (1958)
September Nights (1957)
Setkání v Bukurešti (1954)
Zítra se bude tančit všude (1952)
Za život radostný (1951)
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GenderMale
Birthday1928-07-20 (95 years old)
Birth NamePavel Kohout
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
ReligionEvangelical Church of Czech Brethren
RelationshipsAlena Vránová (1950-12-21 - 1952-10-09), Anna Kohoutová (1952-10-01 - 1960-10-21)
SpouseJelena Mašínová
ChildrenOndřej Kohout, Tereza Boučková
CitizenshipsCzech Republic
Also Known AsПавел Когоут
AwardsArtis Bohemiae Amicis Medal, Franz Theodor Csokor Prize, Order of Honour (Upper Austria), Medal of Honor for the city of Vienna, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class, Gratias Agit, Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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