Václav Havel (1936–2011)
Author of Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Huizdala
About the Author
Václav Harvel (October 5, 1936 - December 18, 2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, philosopher and politician. He was the ninth and last president of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) and the first president of the Czech Republic (1993-2003). He wrote more than 20 plays and numerous non-fiction show more works, translated internationally. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation. Havel received many recognitions, including the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Gandhi Peace Prize, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada, the freedom medal of the Four Freedoms Award, the Ambassador of Conscience Award and the Hanno R. Ellenbogen Citizenship Award. Havel died in his home in 2011. He was the author of many poetry collections and plays including, The Garden Party, The Beggar's Opera, Mountain Hotel and The Pig. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Václav Havel
Living in Truth: 22 Essays Published on the Occasion of the Award of the Erasmus Prize to Vaclav Havel (1987) 223 copies
Vanek-Trilogie Audienz - Vernissage - Protest und Versuchung - Sanierung: Audienz - Vernissage - Protest und… (1989) 25 copies
O lidskou identitu : , fejetony, protesty, polemiky, prohln rozhovory z let 1969-1979 (1989) 10 copies
Die Gauneroper. Das Berghotel. Erschwerte Möglichkeit der Konzentration. Der Fehler: Theaterstücke (1990) 6 copies
Protest 6 copies
Teade 5 copies
Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels: Ansprachen aus Anlaß der Verleihung des Friedenspreises des Deutschen… (1989) 5 copies
The view from Prague : the expectations of world leaders at the dawn of the 21st century (2007) 2 copies
Unveiling 2 copies
Largo desolato ; Pokoušení ; Asanace 2 copies
Şeytan Çelmesi 2 copies
LARGO DESOLATO BURUK EZGİ 2 copies
The anatomy of a reticence : eastern European dissidents and the peace movement in the West (1985) 2 copies
Területrendezés, Kisértés 1 copy
Despre identitatea umana 1 copy
Grme Kutlama ar 1 copy
Catastrophe 1 copy
Ut med språket 1 copy
Hostina 1 copy
mumo opening 1 copy
The Hotel 1 copy
Mistake 1 copy
Associated Works
We Are Children Just the Same: Vedem, the Secret Magazine by the Boys of Terezin (1995) — Foreword, some editions — 67 copies
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- Canonical name
- Havel, Václav
- Legal name
- Havel, Václav
- Birthdate
- 1936-10-05
- Date of death
- 2011-12-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Country (for map)
- Tchécoslovaquie
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Place of death
- Hrádeček, Czech Republic
- Places of residence
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Education
- Czech Technical University in Prague
- Occupations
- playwright
Essayist
politician
President of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992)
President of Czech Republic (1992-2003) - Organizations
- Government of Czechoslovakia
Government of Czech Republic - Awards and honors
- Gandhi Peace Prize (2003)
Austrian State Prize for European Literature (1968)
Royal Society of Literature (Honorary Fellow)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2003)
Franz Kafka Prize (2010)
Order of Canada ( [2003]) (show all 8)
American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1991])
Olof Palme Prize (1989)
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