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Testament of our Revolution What we can learn today from the Czechoslovak Experience of 1977

Havel ConversationsTestament of our Revolution What we can learn today from the Czechoslovak Experience of 1977VHLFMarch 17, 2020Source: Public Seminar / https://publicseminar.org / By Martin Palous / Martin Palous was one of the founding members of Charter 77, a broad civic movement that emerged in response to, among other things, the patent failure of the Czecholsovak Communist regime to live up to its international legal obligation to guarantee human …Read more...

Young Cuban Filmmakers Withdraw their Works from Official Event

Havel in the MediaYoung Cuban Filmmakers Withdraw their Works from Official EventVHLFMarch 5, 2020Source: Havana Times / https://havanatimes.org / By Lynn Cruz / A true word, spoken by a single man even, is more powerful, in certain situations, than an entire army. Words illuminate, stir and free people. Words also have a power. This is the power of intellectuals. – Vaclav Havel HAVANA …Read more...

Tomas Ralis is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-drama

AwardsTomas Ralis is the winner of the annual contest for the best mini-dramaVHLFMarch 5, 2020Tomas Ralis, an undergraduate student of directing and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague, is the winner of the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation’s annual contest for the best mini-drama based on a play by Vaclav Havel. This year’s contestants for the award were asked to write …Read more...

2020 DISTURBING THE PEACE AWARD TO A COURAGEOUS WRITER AT RISK SOLICITATION OF NOMINATIONS

Awards2020 DISTURBING THE PEACE AWARD TO A COURAGEOUS WRITER AT RISK SOLICITATION OF NOMINATIONSVHLFMarch 4, 2020The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation is soliciting nominations for the 2020 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Creative Writer at Risk. The annual award recognizes writers of distinguished works of fiction, literary nonfiction, biography, memoire, drama, or poetry who are courageous in dissent and have suffered unjust persecution for their …Read more...

Eda Kriseová, Part 2: People hate Havel for his morality

Havel ConversationsEda Kriseová, Part 2: People hate Havel for his moralityVHLFMarch 4, 2020Source:Radio Prague International / www.radio.cz / By Ian Willoughby / Writer and former dissident Eda Kriseová worked closely with Václav Havel during his first few years as president. She headed Prague Castle’s Complaints and Pardons Department, then inundated with letters from Czechs who felt for the first time in decades …Read more...

Havel Conversations Live: Havel in America

Havel ConversationsHavel Conversations Live: Havel in AmericaVHLFFebruary 27, 2020Moderated discussion by Pavla Niklova with William Luers, Wendy Luers, Lenka Kabrhelova and Rosamond Johnston in New York on October 7, 2019. Pavla Niklova, the Executive Director of the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, discusses the oral history project with participants of the oral history collection Havel Conversations. Also discussed is …Read more...

Culture Watch – HAVEL’S “LARGO DESOLATO” AT CITY GARAGE

TheaterCulture Watch – HAVEL’S “LARGO DESOLATO” AT CITY GARAGEVHLFFebruary 25, 2020Source: Santa Monica Daily Press / www.smdp.com / By Sarah A. Spitz / You’re a popular dissident, your political writings spur action against a totalitarian government, your admirers depend on you, begging you not to weaken, as you sit in your house paralyzed by fear of the knock at the …Read more...

Have We Learned Any Lessons?

Havel in the MediaHave We Learned Any Lessons?VHLFFebruary 23, 2020Source: The American Interest / www.the-american-interest.com / By Martin Palous & David J. Kramer / Vaclav Havel’s historic speech to Congress is a reminder that we all bear responsibility for effecting change. Thirty years ago, on February 21, 1990, the new president of Czechoslovakia addressed a joint session of the …Read more...

Is Prague trolling Moscow by honouring slain Putin critic?

Havel in the MediaIs Prague trolling Moscow by honouring slain Putin critic?VHLFFebruary 16, 2020Source: Aljazeera / www.aljazeera.com / By Tim Gosling / The square on which the Russian embassy stands will be renamed to honour Boris Nemtsov, killed near the Kremlin in 2015. Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech capital risks angering the Kremlin with plans to rename a public square after murdered …Read more...

Manifestations of Artistic Expression

Havel in the MediaManifestations of Artistic ExpressionVHLFFebruary 10, 2020Source: Ezega News / www.ezega.com / By Abel Merawi / February 7, 2020 (Ezega.com) — When archeologists and evolutionary biologists study the development of human beings, they look for cave drawings and other artistic expressions such as tool making. These are important since they are manifestations of mental progress. On …Read more...

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