{{Short description|Czech playwright}} {{Infobox person | name = Josef Topol | image=Josef Topol (Československý voják, 1963).png |caption=1963 | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|4|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Poříčí nad Sázavou | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|6|15|1935|4|1|df=y}} | death_place = Prague | occupation = Playwright | relatives = Jáchym Topol (son)<br>Filip Topol (son) }} '''Josef Topol''' (1 April 1935 – 15 June 2015) was a Czech playwright.
== Biography == In 1965, he co-founded ''Divadlo za branou'', a theatre in Prague which was closed in 1972 after being banned by Czechoslovak government.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.idnes.cz/kultura/divadlo/zemrel-josef-topol.A150616_173047_divadlo_ob |title=Zemřel dramatik Josef Topol. Bylo mu 80 let |last=Bezr |first=Ondřej |date=16 June 2015 |website=iDNES.cz |access-date=12 July 2019 |language=cs}}</ref> In 1977 he signed Charter 77.<ref name="aktualne">{{cite web |url=https://magazin.aktualne.cz/kultura/divadlo/zemrel-vyznamny-cesky-dramatik-josef-topol-bylo-mu-80-let/r~a5827ef8144211e5bcb60025900fea04/ |title=Zemřel významný český dramatik Josef Topol, básník jeviště |date=16 June 2015 |website=Aktuálně.cz |access-date=12 July 2019 |language=cs}}</ref>
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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}}
Josef Topol died in Prague on 15 June 2015, at age of 80 .<ref name="aktualne" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Topol, Josef}} Category:20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights Category:Czech male dramatists and playwrights Category:1935 births Category:2015 deaths Category:People from Benešov District Category:Signatories of Charter 77 Category:Recipients of the Thalia Award