Prokop Voskovec dies at 69

Czech poet and specialist in theatre Prokop Voskovec has died. The 69-year-old, who was the nephew of famous 20th century Czech actor Jiri Voskovec, succumbed to a long illness. Mr Voskovec was born in Prague; in the 1960s he had close ties to Surrealists circles around Vratislav Effenberger. In 1977, he signed the Charter 77 petition calling on Communist Czechoslovakia’s government to respect human rights. Two years later he lost his Czechoslovak citizenship and left the country for France. Mr Voskovec wrote not only poetry but also essays and did translations from French.

Author: Jan Velinger