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  • VHLF & BBLA Annual Gala Celebrating Cultural DiplomacyNewsVHLF & BBLA Annual Gala Celebrating Cultural DiplomacyVHLFAugust 1, 2020VHLF & BBLA Annual Gala Celebrating Cultural Diplomacy and Honoring Ambassador William and Wendy Luers and presenting the fifth annual Disturbing the Peace Award Thursday, September 24, 2020, 6 – 8 pm Join the party featuring presentation of the annual Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk, …Read more...
  • Vaclav Havel Library Foundation Announces Angel Santiesteban Prats as the 2020 Winner, Disturbing the Peace, Award to a Courageous Writer at RiskDisturbing the peaceVaclav Havel Library Foundation Announces Angel Santiesteban Prats as the 2020 Winner, Disturbing the Peace, Award to a Courageous Writer at RiskVHLFJuly 31, 2020The Vaclav Havel Library Foundation announced today that the winner of the 2020 Disturbing the Peace, Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk is Cuban author Angel Santiesteban Prats. Angel Santiesteban Prats is a renowned Cuban short-story writer, social commentator, and blogger. He has been published around the world and …Read more...
  • Vaclav Havel’s SONA on my mindHavel in the MediaVaclav Havel’s SONA on my mindVHLFJuly 28, 2020Source: Business Insight / https://malaya.com / By Jose Bayani Baylon / …(I)t is a rare speech – one of a leader who dared strip his countrymen of any illusions about their country, in order to lay bare the grim reality that everyone needed to accept in order that everyone could …Read more...
  • Feeling Hopeless? Embrace It. And then take action.Havel in the MediaFeeling Hopeless? Embrace It. And then take action.VHLFJuly 26, 2020Source: The New York Times / www.nytimes.com / By Eric Utne / I attended a program several years ago at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis that was part of an exhibition called “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia.” The event was a celebration and reunion for some local countercultural …Read more...
  • ‘Havel’: Film ReviewNews‘Havel’: Film ReviewVHLFJuly 23, 2020Source: Variety / https://variety.com / By Alissia Simon / This creative biopic of the playwright who became president of Czechoslovakia doesn’t let pesky facts get in the way of a good story. Ideally timed to draw domestic audiences back into Czech cinemas, loosely historical local-hero biopic “Havel” doesn’t let pesky …Read more...
  • Abigail Henkin is the U.S. winner of the VHLF & DAMU contest for the best mini-dramaAwardsAbigail Henkin is the U.S. winner of the VHLF & DAMU contest for the best mini-dramaVHLFJuly 10, 2020It is an honor to present the U.S. winner of the VHLF & DAMU contest for students of drama and performance studies. Abigail Henkin’s play Personal Speaker was selected as the best submitted short drama based on the quote from the play The Memorandum. Abigail Henkin is a rising Senior …Read more...
  • Vaclav Havel Memorial Bench Unveiled in BratislavaNewsVaclav Havel Memorial Bench Unveiled in BratislavaVHLFJuly 8, 2020Source: TASR / www.tasr.sk / By ko / Bratislava, July 5 (TASR) – The Slovak capital has ranked among the world cities having a memorial place dedicated to Vaclav Havel, as the Vaclav Havel bench was unveiled on Vajanskeho Embankment in Bratislava on Sunday. The day of the bench’s unveiling …Read more...
  • Tribute: A Toast To Hagher At 71Havel in the MediaTribute: A Toast To Hagher At 71VHLFJune 28, 2020Source: Leadership / https://leadership.ng / By Tyover Gum / For three consecutive years now, it has become a ritual for me to roll out drums and celebrate Prof. Iyorwuese Hagher on the occasion of his birthday anniversary. I do this every year not because he is my principal and not …Read more...
  • Letter: George FloydHavel in the MediaLetter: George FloydVHLFJune 15, 2020Source: The Suburban times / https://thesuburbantimes.com / By Aaron Arkin / This week they buried George Floyd. His death at the hands of the police has galvanized the country. For me the saddest image, and the one that makes me tear up, is that as he was being choked with …Read more...
  • Osman Kavala nominated for Vaclav Havel Human Rights PrizeNewsOsman Kavala nominated for Vaclav Havel Human Rights PrizeVHLFJune 7, 2020Source: Ahval News / www.ahvalnews.com / By Yavuz Baydar / A group of politicians and intellectuals from Europe and the United States have nominated the jailed philanthropist and businessman Osman Kavala, one of the most prominent human rights defenders and civil society activists in Turkey, for the Vaclav Havel Human …Read more...

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So many writers're currently imprisoned or in exile! Brazilian Marcia Tiburi is in exile cause of death threats from the Free Brazil Movement, a group opposing #gender #equality & women’s reproductive rights. ⁠Marcia is a nominee for our Disturbing the Peace Award. #VaclavHavel https://t.co/vhddhFq5Fi
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Vietnamese Poet Bùi Chát, a courageous writer at risk nominated for our 2020 Disturbing the Peace Award, is a founder of Giay Vun (“Scrap Paper”) Publishing House. Read more about his work: https://t.co/0tCFc4VWS7. #VaclavHavel #truth #DisturbingthePeaceAward #dissident #exile https://t.co/LzsaXfHtZt
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