Writing · Writer · Novel · Screenplay
Born Aug 4, 1962
Active 1999–present · Awards: Vilenica Prize, Tom Stoppard Prize, Jaroslav Seifert Prize, Czech State Award for Literature, participant in the resistance and resistance against communism, Egon Hostovský Prize
Jáchym Topol is a Czech poet, novelist, musician and journalist who became a laureate of the Czech State Award for Literature in October 2017 for his novel A Sensitive Person and his life work to date.