WRITER

Pavel Kohout

1928 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Kohout is the 2,453rd most popular writer (down from 2,125th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 265th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Czech Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pavel Kohout ranks 2,453 out of 7,302Before him are Eric Knight, Fritz Leiber, Israel Zolli, Lytton Strachey, Samael Aun Weor, and Maria Skobtsova. After him are Tang Xianzu, James M. Cain, Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, William Auld, Alex Haley, and Caesarius of Heisterbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Pavel Kohout ranks 194Before him are Howard S. Becker, Henry Silva, Branko Mikulić, Shulamit Aloni, Cy Young, and Ethel Kennedy. After him are Laurence Harvey, Fred Rogers, Ulric Neisser, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Steingrímur Hermannsson, and Bella Darvi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Pavel Kohout ranks 302 out of 1,200Before him are Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel (1246), John of Görlitz (1370), Judith of Bohemia (1056), Josef Blösche (1912), Oskar Nedbal (1874), and Jan Železný (1966). After him are Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Karel Kramář (1860), Mirek Topolánek (1956), Catherine of Poděbrady (1449), Gorazd (1879), and Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (1137).

Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Pavel Kohout ranks 29Before him are Otfried Preußler (1923), Egon Kisch (1885), Princess Michael of Kent (1945), Josef Lada (1887), Petr Ginz (1928), and Vítězslav Nezval (1900). After him are Karel Hynek Mácha (1810), Alois Jirásek (1851), Ernst Weiss (1882), Józef Czapski (1896), Josef Jungmann (1773), and Karel Jaromír Erben (1811).