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A Long Walk into an Imperiled Future

Havel in the MediaA Long Walk into an Imperiled FutureVHLFOctober 22, 2021Source: La Progressive / www.laprogressive.com / By William deBuys / Climate Change Viewed from the Attic of the World Thirteen thousand feet high on the far side of the Himalaya mountains, we have entered the past and the future at the same time. We are a medical expedition and also …Read more...

Opening Remarks by Ayad Akhtar, President of PEN America | VHLF & BBLA Annual Gala Honoring Sir Tom Stoppard

Havel ConversationsOpening Remarks by Ayad Akhtar, President of PEN America | VHLF & BBLA Annual Gala Honoring Sir Tom StoppardVHLFOctober 21, 2021VHLF & BBLA Annual Gala Honoring Sir Tom Stoppard | September 23rd, 2021 | Ayad Akhtar is a novelist, playwright, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and the president of PEN America. I want to thank the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation for the opportunity to address you all …Read more...

2021 Disturbing the Peace Award Presentation

Awards2021 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 Risk

AwardsDmitri 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 Thing

Havel 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 1948

NewsCzech 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 ago

Havel 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 prize

NewsBelarus 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 Years

News‘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 us

Havel 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...

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