František Janouch
František Janouch (22 September 1931 – 12 January 2024) was a Czech nuclear physicist, author and dissident. While still a high-school student in 1948, he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was later expelled and stripped of his citizenship at the time of normalization.
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František Janouch

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- Name
- František Janouch
- Born
- 22 August 1931
- Birthplace
- Lysá nad Labem, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 12 January 2024
- Place of death
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Education
- Faculty of Physics of St.
- Occupation
- Nuclear physicist, author
- Movement
- Charter 77 Foundation
- Spouse
- Ada Kolmanová
- Awards
- Silver Medal of the Chairman of the Senate (2012) Medal of Merit (2001)
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Fields
- nuclear physics · opinion journalism · diplomacy · dissent
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František Janouch (22 September 1931 – 12 January 2024) was a Czech nuclear physicist, author and dissident. While still a high-school student in 1948, he joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. He was later expelled and stripped of his citizenship at the time of normalization.
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Biography
In 1978 in Stockholm, he co-founded and chaired the Charter 77 Foundation to support Czechoslovak Charter 77 signatories from abroad.
František Janouch studied at Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg. The recorded working language is Czech and Swedish. The field of work recorded is nuclear physics, opinion journalism and diplomacy. Employment is recorded with Charles University and University of Copenhagen Niels Bohr Institute. Work by František Janouch is recorded in the collections of Charter 77 Foundation Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Interviews Collection of the Oral History Center, Czech Exile Collection at Libri Prohibiti, Czech Samizdat Collection at Libri Prohibiti and Memory of Nations. Distinctions recorded are Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class and Silver Medal of the President of the Senate.

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• Name — František Janouch • Born — 22 August 1931 • Birthplace — Lysá nad Labem, Czechoslovakia • Died — 12 January 2024 • Place of death — Stockholm, Sweden • Education — Faculty of Physics of St. Petersburg State University • Occupation — Nuclear physicist, author • Years Active — 1974–2024 • Movement — Charter 77 Foundation • Spouse — Ada Kolmanová • Children — 2, including Katerina • Relatives — Arnošt Kolman, father-in-law • Awards — Silver Medal of the Chairman of the Senate (2012) Medal of Merit (2001)
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František Janouch died in Stockholm, Sweden on 12 January 2024, at the age of 92. Janouch's daughter, Katerina Janouch, is a Swedish journalist, far-right politician, and author.
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1931
František Janouch born at Lysá nad Labem.
2024
František Janouch died at Stockholm.
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