
Person
Václav Havel
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Oct 5, 1936
- Died
- Dec 18, 2011
- From
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs.
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Zappa

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words

Forman vs. Forman

Czech Made Man

American Playhouse

Leaving

The Lost World of Communism

Citizen Havel

Every Young Man

Hammer & Tickle

I am Fishead

Stone Bridge

The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton

Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart

Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me?

Mečiar: The Lust For Power

HARDtalk

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