Václav Havel
Václav Havel was a Czechoslovak and Czech writer, playwright, politician, director and poet (1936–2011). He was born at Prague and died at Hrádeček.
Also recorded as Vaclav Havel.
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Vaclav Havel. His recorded language was Czech. His recorded confession was lapsed Catholic.
He was the child of Václav M. Havel and Božena Vavrečková. He married Olga Havlová and Dagmar Havlová. Other recorded relations include Dagmar Havlová, Hugo Vavrečka and Vácslav Havel.
Formation and teaching
Václav Havel studied at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská.
Career and activity
Václav Havel worked in theatre, drama, opinion journalism and politics.
He was employed by Divadlo Na zábradlí, City Theatres of Prague, Brewery Krakonoš, University of Chemistry and Technology and Osvobozené divadlo. Recorded positions include President of Czechoslovakia, President of the Czech Republic and spokesperson of Charter 77. He belonged to Czech Helsinki Comitee, Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted, German Academy for Language and Literature, Royal Society of Literature and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He worked at U dejvického rybníčku and Rašínovo nábřeží 78.
Work and production
Works recorded as notable number 8: Antikódy, The Garden Party, Leaving, The Power of the Powerless, The Memorandum, Audience, Temptation and Largo desolato.
Recognition and collections
Václav Havel received Charlemagne Prize, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class, Presidential Medal of Freedom and Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross. Work by Václav Havel is held by Samizdat Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Black Book - Documentation Collection, Václav Havel Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre and Interviews Collection of the Oral History Center.
Identity
What the record establishes about Václav Havel.
Václav Havel is recorded with the occupation film director. Václav Havel is recorded as a citizen of Czechoslovakia. Václav Havel is recorded as a citizen of Czech Republic. Václav Havel is recorded as writer, playwright, politician, director and poet.
Activity and practice
Václav Havel is recorded as having studied at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská.
Works and catalogued output
What Václav Havel produced.
The Greengrocer and His TV : The Culture of Communism after the 1968 Prague Spring / Paulina Bren. is dated 2012 and held by Wellcome Collection. Havel, Václav. Anticodes, in Czech, 1964. Book is dated 1964 and held by Václav Havel Library. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 29 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 3 works under this heading.
Reception
Václav Havel is recorded as having received Charlemagne Prize, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour and Collar of the Order of the White Lion.
In detail
Václav Havel studied at Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Theatre, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and Akademické gymnázium Štěpánská. the recorded working language is Czech.
The field of work recorded is theatre, drama and opinion journalism.
Residence is recorded at U dejvického rybníčku and Rašínovo nábřeží 78. Employment is recorded with Divadlo Na zábradlí, City Theatres of Prague and Brewery Krakonoš. Positions recorded include President of Czechoslovakia and President of the Czech Republic. Membership is recorded of Czech Helsinki Comitee, Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted and German Academy for Language and Literature.
Works named in the authority record are Antikódy, The Garden Party, Leaving, The Power of the Powerless, The Memorandum and Audience.
Work by Václav Havel is recorded in the collections of Samizdat Collection of Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Black Book - Documentation Collection, Václav Havel Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, Interviews Collection of the Oral History Center and Czech Exile Collection at Libri Prohibiti.
Distinctions recorded are Charlemagne Prize, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Collar of the Order of the White Lion and Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class.
Chronology
- 1936Václav Havel born at Prague.
- 1936Václav Havel was born in 1936 at Prague.
- 1936Václav Havel was born on 5 October 1936.
- 1964Havel, Václav. Anticodes, in Czech, 1964. Book is dated 1964 and held by Václav Havel Library.
- 1964Havel, Václav. Anticodes, in Czech, 1964. Book (Václav Havel Library).
- 1966*Havel - The Memorandum - 1966 Pleasance Burden (1966) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1966*Havel - The Memorandum - 1966 Pleasance Burden digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1968The Greengrocer and His TV : The Culture of Communism after the 1968 Prague Spring / Paulina Bren. is dated 2012 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 1969*Havel - Der Schutzengel - 1969 Qualtinger Jacobi (1969) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1969*Havel - Der Schutzengel - 1969 Qualtinger Jacobi digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1970Listy - exile magazine is dated 1970 and held by Scriptum.cz.
- 1976First version of Charter 77 with notes from Pavel Kohout and Václav Havel is dated 1976 and held by Pavel Kohout Collection at the Moravian Museum.
- 1976The Mountain Hotel By Václav Havel (1976) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
- 1976First version of Charter 77 with notes from Pavel Kohout and Václav Havel (Pavel Kohout Collection at the Moravian Museum).
- 1976The Mountain Hotel By Václav Havel digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1977Charter 77, n. d. [original: 1977]. Print copy is dated 1977 and held by Michal Šufliarsky Collection.
- 1977Charter 77, n. d. [original: 1977]. Print copy (Michal Šufliarsky Collection).
- 1979Letter from Václav Havel to Olga Havlová, 8 July 1979 is dated 1979 and held by Václav Havel Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature.
- 1979Letter from Václav Havel to Olga Havlová, 8 July 1979 (Václav Havel Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature).
- 1983Letters to Olga is dated 1983.
- 2011Václav Havel died at Hrádeček.
- 2011Václav Havel died in 2011 at Hrádeček.
- 2011Václav Havel died on 18 December 2011.
- 2013Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century : A Surrealist History / Derek Sayer, Derek Sayer. is dated 2013 and held by Wellcome Collection.
- 2014Worlds of Dissent : Charter 77, The Plastic People of the Universe, and Czech Culture under Communism / Jonathan Bolton. is dated 2014 and held by Wellcome Collection.
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Studied at
- Czech Technical University in PragueOrganisation
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Sources
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Introduction: Approaches to Reading Havel, Reading Václav Havel, 2015
scholarly publication · Scholarly
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OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Václav Havel, Vinohradská, Třebešín, Praha 10, obvod Praha 10, Praha, 130 20, Česko
Institutional database · Scholarly
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Directory of Open Access Journals lists 57 articles naming Václav Havel.
open access index · Unverified
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1088007473, Rede zur Verleihung des Gottlieb Duttweiler-Preises an Václav Havel von Friedrich Dürrenmatt gehalten am 22. November 1990.
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Internet Archive, 19 digitised items catalogued under Václav Havel as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
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The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Václav Havel.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
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Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Václav Havel.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
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“Václav Havel”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q36233: Václav Havel
authority record · Unverified · Wikidata
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Václav Havel, 17 November 2009.
User:Ben Skála · File:Václav Havel na Václavském náměstí 17. listopadu 2009b.jpg · CC BY-SA 2.5
The picture recordPietní shromáždění u Východočeského divadla při příležitosti úmrtí Václava Havla v roce 2011
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