Václav Havel
Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia on 31 December 1992 and then as the first president of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was the first democratically elected president of either country after the fall of communism. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs.
Known for
- American Playhouse (1982)
- HARDtalk (1997)
- Zappa (2020)
- Leaving (2011)
- Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
- Wisdom (2008)
- Hammer & Tickle (2007)
- Věra 68 (2012)
- Citizen Havel (2008)
- Mečiar: The Lust For Power (2017)
- Life Is Bearable at Times... (2010)
- The Lost World of Communism (2009)
- The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton (2003)
- Late Night Talks with Mother (2003)
- Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)
- Forman vs. Forman (2019)
- Citizen Vaclav Havel Goes on Vacation (2006)
- Czechoslovakia: Portrait of a Tragedy (1968)
- Elizabeth II: Three days in the Czech Republic (2022)
- Curious: The Velvet Underground in Europe (1993)