Book (an absurdist picture of life under Communism), I Am Snowing (a post-Communism story about the opening of the Communist-era secret police informer files, the effect of that opening on the informers and their victims, and thus about the corrosive effect of the Communist regime), The Widow Killer (a detective story set in World War II Nazi-occupied Prague), and The Hangwoman (a black-humor story about executioners), Seven Days in a Week (1965) and Morgen tanzt die ganze Welt (1952). Decorations and awards 1969 Franz Theodor Csokor Award 1977 Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1997 Das Glas der Vernunft (The Glass of Reason) (Kassel Citizenship Award) 1999 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 2002 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2004 Honorary Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna in gold References Czech male poets Charter 77 signatories 20th-century Czech poets 20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights Czech male dramatists and playwrights Communist Party of Czechoslovakia members Czech human rights activists Czech democracy activists Czechoslovak dissidents 1928 births Living people Writers from Prague Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany