Dissident creative strategist who transforms subversive narratives into political action through artistic expression and grassroots organizing.
Born in Prague, where he was educated at the Academy of Dramatic Art, he began work as a stagehand at the Prague Theater Na zdbradli (Theatre on the Balustrade), becoming resident writer there (1960-69). His work includes Zahradni slavnost (1963, Eng trans The Garden Party, 1969), Spiklenci (1970, ‘The Conspirators’) and Audience (1976, Eng trans Temptation, 1976). He was one of the founders of Charter 77 in 1977. De…