Alexandr Kliment (30 January 1929 in Turnov – 22 March 2017 in Prague) was a Czech writer, poet and

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. He was a signatory of Charter 77 in 1977. In 1967, Kliment participated in a congress of the writers' union, which included Václav Havel, Ivan Klíma, Ludvík Vaculík, and photographer Oldřich Škácha. The writers' congress, which took place during a period of liberalism in Czechoslovakia, is considered to be a predecessor of the

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in 1968. He later joined with Havel and other Czechoslovak dissidents to sign the Charter 77. Kliment died on 22 March 2017, at the age of 88.

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1929 births 2017 deaths Charter 77 signatories Czech male dramatists and playwrights Czech male poets Czechoslovak writers Czechoslovak dissidents Czech anti-communists Czechoslovak democracy activists 20th-century Czech poets 20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights People from Turnov {{CzechRepublic-writer-stub