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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...

Talk and book presentation by Martin Putna

Havel ConversationsTalk and book presentation by Martin PutnaVHLFSeptember 1, 2022Rus – Ukraine – Russia | Talk and book presentation by Martin Putna | Bohemian National Hall, New York, Monday, October 3, 7 pm EST RSVP HERE Martin C. Putna is a literary historian, critic, translator, teacher, author of works on history and religion. Former Head of the Vaclav Havel …Read more...

On this Day, in 1990: the Rolling Stones held a historic concert in Prague

Havel in the MediaOn this Day, in 1990: the Rolling Stones held a historic concert in PragueVHLFAugust 17, 2022Source: Kafkadesk / https://kafkadesk.org / By Kafkadesk Prague Office / On August 18, 1990, legendary English band the Rolling Stones held a historic concert in the Strahov Stadium in Prague, the first major rock concert organised in then Czechoslovakia after the fall of communism. Sympathy for the Devil: the Stones …Read more...

Czech Republic strengthen ties with Tibetan People: Representative Thinlay Chukki concludes Maiden visit to Prague

Havel in the MediaCzech Republic strengthen ties with Tibetan People: Representative Thinlay Chukki concludes Maiden visit to PragueVHLFAugust 15, 2022Source: Central Tibetan Administration / https://tibet.net / By Staff Reporter / Geneva: Representative Thinlay Chukki successfully completed a four-day visit to Prague, Czech Republic from 07 August to 10 August 2022. This is her maiden visit to the country and the first country to visit, outside of Switzerland, as the …Read more...

Heroes, Not Victims

Havel in the MediaHeroes, Not VictimsVHLFAugust 15, 2022Source: ASHARO AL-AWSAT / https://english.aawsat.com / By Hazem Saghieh / In 1978, Czech playwright Vaclav Havel smuggled a long text he had written, “The Power of the Powerless,” in which he discusses life and forms of civil resistance under the communist regime in former Czechoslovakia. In the text, the eventual …Read more...

Gerald Nagler, leading human rights activist since Cold War, dies at 92

Havel in the MediaGerald Nagler, leading human rights activist since Cold War, dies at 92VHLFAugust 9, 2022Source: The Washington Post / www.washingtonpost.com / By Brian Murphy / Gerald Nagler, a prominent human rights activist who made risky Cold War forays into the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to lend support to dissidents including Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov and future Czech President Vaclav Havel, died July 23 …Read more...

Milena Berestko will participate in the Encounters

AwardsMilena Berestko will participate in the EncountersVHLFJuly 29, 2022Milena Berestko, Lafayette College, will participate in the Encounters – an international festival of theater schools organized by JAMU, Brno. Milena Berestko, Lafayette College (Major in Theatre and Psychology), is one of two winners of the 2022 Contest for the Best Mini-Drama with her play entitled Do Immigrants Dream of …Read more...

Keeley Thomas is the author of one of the winning plays, Idle Academia

AwardsKeeley Thomas is the author of one of the winning plays, Idle AcademiaVHLFJuly 29, 2022Keeley Thomas from the University of Pittsburgh is the author of one of the winning plays, Idle Academia. The one-act play skillfully employs the topic of the unhappy individual in the land of plenty, creating Havelian characters plodding through a painfully realistic world of contemporary academia and publishing culture. Her play …Read more...

Andrey Kurkov Wins the 2022 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk

AwardsAndrey Kurkov Wins the 2022 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at RiskVHLFJuly 22, 2022The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation announced today that the winner of the 2022 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk is Andrey Kurkov, Ukrainian writer of screenplays and author of critically acclaimed novels. Kurkov is the author of twenty screenplays and nineteen novels, including the bestselling Death …Read more...

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