Josef Topol

{{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)
Filip Topol (son)

}}

Josef Topol (1 April 1935 – 15 June 2015) was a Czech playwright.

In 1965, he co-founded Divadlo za branou, a theatre in Prague which was closed in 1972 after being banned by Czechoslovak government.{{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}} In 1977 he signed Charter 77.{{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}}

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.

Josef Topol died in Prague on 15 June 2015, at age of 80 .