Marek Pivovar

{{Short description|Czech writer, dramaturge, and playwright (1964–2021)}}

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| name = Marek Pivovar

| image = Marek Pivovar 2015.png

| alt = Marek Pivovar in 2015

| caption = Marek Pivovar in 2015

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| birth_date = 26 June 1964

| birth_place = Brno, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2021|01|02|1964|06|26}}

| death_place = Ostrava, Czech Republic

| nationality = Czech

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| alma_mater = Masaryk University

| occupation = Writer
Dramaturge
Playwright
Radio director

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Marek Pivovar (26 June 1964 – 2 January 2021) was a Czech writer, dramaturge, playwright and radio director.{{cite web|url=https://ostrava.rozhlas.cz/zemrel-divadelni-dramaturg-marek-pivovar-spolupracoval-i-s-rozhlasem-8396186|title=Zemřel divadelní dramaturg Marek Pivovar, spolupracoval i s rozhlasem|date=3 January 2021|work=Český rozhlas|language=Czech}}

Biography

Pivovar studied the Czech language, history, and theatre studies at Masaryk University in Brno. From 1994 to 2017, he was the dramaturge of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava. He also became dramaturge of the Mahen Theatre. In 2017, he left the Moravian-Silesian Theatre due to illness and focused on freelance writing.

Marek Pivovar died in Ostrava on 2 January 2021, at the age of 56 after a long illness from COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Czech Republic.{{cite web|url=https://www.divadelni-noviny.cz/zemrel-marek-pivovar|title=Zemřel Marek Pivovar|date=3 January 2021|work=Divadelní noviny|language=Czech}}

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