Havel Quotes

In 2005, Havel spent several months in the United States, partly in New York, and partly in Washington, DC, where he began …

In the summer of 1991, Havel wrote a series of thoughts about his conceptions of democratic politics and his hopes for his …

One of Havel’s first major speeches abroad was made in this city, to a joint session of the United States Congress, on …

On June 9, 1965, on the twentieth anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, Havel gave a speech at …

In October, 1979, Havel and five other Czech dissidents were given prison terms varying from two to five years for their activities …

In 1975, when the repression of the Prague Spring – called “normalization” – was more or less complete, Havel wrote an open …

In the mid-1980s, Havel wrote an introduction to an anthology of his plays published in Toronto, by 68 Publishers, because he was …

This is one of the earliest summaries we have of Václav Havel’s early life. It was written, with evident reluctance, by Havel …

Between 1985 and 1986, Havel conducted a series of interviews with the Czech journalist Karel Hvížd’ala, who was living in West Germany …

One outcome of the Velvet Revolution, which began twenty-five years ago this month, is that in late Deccember, 1989, Havel was elected …