Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1977) Winner
Pavel Kohout
パベル・コフート
Pavel Kohout
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-07-20 （Prague, Czechoslovakia）
- Nationality
- Czech, Austrian
- Languages
- Czech
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Prague, Czechoslovakia → Vienna, Austria → Prague and Sázava
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, playwright, poet
- Active Years
- 1952-2024
- Affiliations
- Czechoslovak Youth Union, Union of Writers, Vinohrady Theatre
- Memberships
- Charter 77, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (former)
- Influenced By
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles University | — | theater and aesthetics | — | 1947-1952 | Czech Republic |
Charles University
theater and aesthetics
Period:
1947-1952
Year of Graduation:
1952
Country:
Czech Republic
Graduated from secondary school in 1947
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Franz Theodor Csokor Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Austrian State Prize for European Literature | — | — | Austrian Government | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Das Glas der Vernunft | — | — | Kassel Citizenship Award | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class | — | — | Austrian Government | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany | — | — | Federal Republic of Germany | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Honorary Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna in gold | — | — | City of Vienna | 受賞 |
Franz Theodor Csokor Award
1969
Result:
受賞
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
1977
Organization:
Austrian Government
Result:
受賞
Das Glas der Vernunft
1997
Organization:
Kassel Citizenship Award
Result:
受賞
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
1999
Organization:
Austrian Government
Result:
受賞
Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2002
Organization:
Federal Republic of Germany
Result:
受賞
Honorary Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna in gold
2004
Organization:
City of Vienna
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poor Murderer
1976 dramaPlay based on Leonid Andreyev's short story
Life under Communism
Adaptations
- [theater] Poor Murderer (1976)
White Book
novelAbsurdist picture of life under Communism
CommunismAbsurdity
I Am Snowing
novelPost-Communism story about secret police files
Corrosive effect of Communism
Smyčka
2008 novelLegacy
Prominent Czech writer, Prague Spring participant and dissident who continued his career in Austria after exile.
In Popular Culture
- Mentioned in Tom Stoppard's Dogg's Hamlet, Cahoot's Macbeth
Trivia
- Born in 1928, still alive at age 97
- Prominent figure in Prague Spring
- Founded the Living-Room Theater