Marek Pivovar
# Marek Pivovar

Marek Pivovar (26 June 1964 – 2 January 2021) was a Czech writer, dramaturge, playwright and radio director.

## 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.

