Josef Topol


Josef Topol 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 and had two sons: Jáchym who is a writer and Filip who was a leader of the band Psí vojáci.
Josef Topol died in 2015 at age of 80 in Prague.