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Fedir Kis and Zuzana Sklibova are winners of the annual contest for the best mini-drama

AwardsFedir Kis and Zuzana Sklibova are winners of the annual contest for the best mini-dramaVHLFNovember 10, 2022The Havel Foundation in partnership with the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague announce that Fedir Kis and Zuzana Sklibova are winners of the annual contest for the best mini-drama. The theme of the 2022 contest was the phenomenon of “leaving”, inspired by Vaclav Havel’s play …Read more...

Writer Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz, Who Connected Czech Dissidents With The West, Dies Aged 95

NewsWriter Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz, Who Connected Czech Dissidents With The West, Dies Aged 95VHLFNovember 9, 2022Source: BRNO Daily / https://brnodaily.com / By Czech News Agency / Prague, Nov 7 (CTK) – Writer and translator Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz, who helped connect dissidents in Czechoslovakia with the West, died at the age of 95 in Vancouver on Sunday. The news was announced yesterday by Kristyna Bardova of the …Read more...

Putin’s war on Ukraine is also a war on truth

Havel in the MediaPutin’s war on Ukraine is also a war on truthVHLFOctober 15, 2022Source: The Washington Post / https://www.washingtonpost.com / By Vladimir Kara-Murza / “It takes incredible courage in today’s Russia to stand against the power in place,” Tiny Kox, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said this week in awarding Washington Post contributing columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza the …Read more...

HAVEL CONVERSATION: Lou Reed, Vaclav Havel, and the Velvet Revolution

Havel ConversationsHAVEL CONVERSATION: Lou Reed, Vaclav Havel, and the Velvet RevolutionVHLFOctober 12, 2022New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium 111 Amsterdam Ave, New York Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 6 – 7:30 pm In the early 1990s, Václav Havel became the first president of the Czech Republic after the Velvet Revolution toppled the Communist system. Soon after, Havel invited …Read more...

Vladimir Kara-Murza wins Václav Havel Human Rights Prize

Havel in the MediaVladimir Kara-Murza wins Václav Havel Human Rights PrizeVHLFOctober 12, 2022Source: Radio Prague International / https://english.radio.cz / By Ruth Frankova / Russian publicist and opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza has been awarded this year’s Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, news agency AFP reported on Monday. Mr Kara-Murza, who chose to remain in Russia despite allegedly being a repeated target of poisoning …Read more...

VHLF & BBLA 2022 Annual Gala FOLLOWING DREAMS honoring Peter Sís Bohemian National Hall, New York, September 22, 2022

Havel ConversationsVHLF & BBLA 2022 Annual Gala FOLLOWING DREAMS honoring Peter Sís Bohemian National Hall, New York, September 22, 2022VHLFSeptember 28, 2022Opening Remarks by Martin Palous President, Vaclav Havel Foundation Good evening and welcome — dear friends and supporters of the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association! We are so happy to have you here with us tonight, and to participate in our most important annual …Read more...

Havel Conversations: Eva Heyd in discussion with Alex Zucker

Havel ConversationsHavel Conversations: Eva Heyd in discussion with Alex ZuckerVHLFSeptember 27, 2022Rehearsal for Truth Festival, Bohemian National Hall, New York June 14, 2022 Translator Alex Zucker was in conversation with photographer, curator, and project manager of the Czech National Trust, Eva Heyd, on the occasion of the new publication, Ticket to the New World, and an exhibition of the same name. …Read more...

Andrey Kurkov, Winner of the Disturbing the Peace Award of Vaclav Havel Foundation

Disturbing the peaceAndrey Kurkov, Winner of the Disturbing the Peace Award of Vaclav Havel FoundationVHLFSeptember 27, 2022By Joanne Leedom-Ackerman |New York, September 22, 2022 “The penguin,” said Viktor bleakly, “is me.” You must read Death and the Penguin to appreciate the impact of that line. I don’t think I’ve spoiled the book by sharing it because you have to read the whole first. I am perhaps …Read more...

Three candidates shortlisted for the 2022 Václav Havel Prize

Havel in the MediaThree candidates shortlisted for the 2022 Václav Havel PrizeVHLFSeptember 7, 2022Source: Council of Europe / www.coe.int / The selection panel of the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize, which rewards outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights in Europe and beyond, has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Award. Meeting in Prague the panel, made up of independent figures …Read more...

What legacy does Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, leave behind?

Havel in the MediaWhat legacy does Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader, leave behind?VHLFSeptember 2, 2022Source: Atlantic Council / www.atlanticcouncil.org / By Experts react / The last premier of the Soviet Union has died. A complicated figure who succeeded in ending the Cold War but failed to save his own country from collapse, Mikhail Gorbachev, who died on Tuesday at the age of 91, will …Read more...

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