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  • 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award PresentationAwards2021 Disturbing the Peace Award PresentationVHLFOctober 18, 2021The 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk was presented by Adam Michnik, the Polish historian-essayist-journalist, who himself was imprisoned for anti-communist dissent. Michnik continues to serve as editor of the important newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, a job given to him by Lech Walesa. He received the …Read more...
  • Dmitri Strotsev: Acceptance Speech for 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at RiskAwardsDmitri Strotsev: Acceptance Speech for 2021 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at RiskVHLFOctober 18, 2021The acceptance speech by Dmitri Strotsev was presented at the VHLF Gala in New York on September 23, 2021, by Olga Levina. Olga is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Jersey City Theater Center, an accomplished dancer, actor, and choreographer, graduate from Minsk School of the Performing Arts. “It is …Read more...
  • VHLF & BBLA 2021 Annual Gala Honoring Sir Tom Stoppard: The Play’s the ThingHavel ConversationsVHLF & BBLA 2021 Annual Gala Honoring Sir Tom Stoppard: The Play’s the ThingVHLFOctober 17, 2021Thursday, September 23, 2021 Vaclav Havel Library Foundation & Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association Annual Gala Honoring Sir Tom Stoppard and presenting the sixth annual Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk was held at the Bohemian National Hall in New York. With two-time Tony Award-winning actress …Read more...
  • Czech voters oust communists from parliament for first time since 1948NewsCzech voters oust communists from parliament for first time since 1948VHLFOctober 13, 2021Source: Reuters / www.reuters.com / By Michael Kahn and Robert Muller / PRAGUE, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Czech voters evicted the communists from parliament on Saturday for the first time since the end of World War Two, voting out a party whose forebears ruled the central European nation from 1948 …Read more...
  • Václav Havel, dissident playwright turned statesman, born 85 years agoHavel in the MediaVáclav Havel, dissident playwright turned statesman, born 85 years agoVHLFOctober 4, 2021Source: Radio Prague International / www.english.radio.cz / By Libor Kukal / Born into a prominent wealthy family, Václav Havel came of age after the Communist coup of 1948, when to be “bourgeois” was to be part of a despised social class. As a young man, his criticism of the regime …Read more...
  • Belarus protest leader Maria Kolesnikova wins Vaclav Havel prizeNewsBelarus protest leader Maria Kolesnikova wins Vaclav Havel prizeVHLFSeptember 30, 2021Source: DW / www.dw.com / The annual human rights prize was awarded to Belarusian Maria Kolesnikova at a ceremony in Strasbourg. The jailed protest leader was represented by her sister who accepted the award. The annual Vaclav Havel Human Rights Award was given Monday to the jailed Belarusian protest leader …Read more...
  • ‘Hero’ Activist Makes Heart Symbol As She’s Jailed for 11 YearsNews‘Hero’ Activist Makes Heart Symbol As She’s Jailed for 11 YearsVHLFSeptember 14, 2021Source: VICE / www.vice.com / By Tim Hume / Maria Kolesnikova had been hailed for her bravery when she ripped up her passport to prevent authorities in Belarus from forcibly deporting her. She was similarly defiant in the face of her lengthy sentence. A leading Belarusian opposition figure smiled and …Read more...
  • Let’s not forget we’re choosing our politicians while the world burns down around usHavel in the MediaLet’s not forget we’re choosing our politicians while the world burns down around usVHLFAugust 28, 2021Source: The Narwhal / https://thenarwhal.ca / By Arno Kopecky / Set against the magnitude of this crisis, our inescapable smallness. There’s just no way around it: I can swear off the internal combustion engine, renounce meat, cover my roof in solar panels, touch no plastic, and plant a hundred trees …Read more...
  • The Rooms Where It HappenedHavel in the MediaThe Rooms Where It HappenedVHLFJuly 24, 2021Source: The Wilson Quarterly / www.wilsonquarterly.com / By Richard Byrne / Theatres are physical structures. Creative works – plays, operas, concerts, dance – make their home in them for a brief moment in time. Then they disappear. The building remains, but only memories linger. The spaces in which landmark diplomatic …Read more...
  • Havel – Summer Rooftop MoviesNewsHavel – Summer Rooftop MoviesVHLFJuly 17, 2021Summer Rooftop Movies continue! Commemorating the anniversary of August 21, we are partnering with the Czech Center New York to show the 2020 narrative film directed by Slavek Horak Havel. Thursday, August 19, 2021, 8 pm Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street, New York More than a simple biopic, …Read more...

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Vaclav Havel Library Foundation Vaclav Havel Library Foundation · 6 days ago
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Thank you once again to those who purchased tickets to our 2021 Annual Gala. We're excited to share the recording of the memorable evening: https://t.co/IneQC4v7uI.
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Vaclav Havel Library Foundation Vaclav Havel Library Foundation · 2 weeks ago
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"The salvation of this human world
lies nowhere else
than in the human heart,
in the human power to reflect,
in human meekness and
human responsibility."
-- #VaclavHavel
#quote #dailyquote #vaclavhavel #philosophy #humanrights #freedom #truth #vhlf #politics #democracy https://t.co/yLlNncXSHD
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