Václav Havel

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Czech president dissident essayist human playwright politician statesman

Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, dissident, and statesman who became the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic, symbolizing the country’s transition from communism to democracy.

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Label	Occurrences
Václav Havel canonical	33
Vaclav Havel	6
Havel	1
spokesperson of Charter 77	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Czech president ⓘ dissident ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ politician ⓘ statesman ⓘ
awardReceived	Four Freedoms Award ⓘ Gandhi Peace Award ⓘ surface form: Gandhi Peace Prize Olof Palme Prize ⓘ Order of Canada ⓘ Order of the White Lion ⓘ Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ Sonning Prize ⓘ
burialPlace	Olšany Cemeteries ⓘ surface form: Vinohrady Cemetery
causeOfDeath	respiratory illness ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Czech Republic ⓘ Czech Republic ⓘ surface form: Czechia Czechoslovakia ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1936-10-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2011-12-18 ⓘ
educatedAt	Academy of Performing Arts in Prague ⓘ Charles University in Prague ⓘ surface form: Charles University
ethnicGroup	Czechs ⓘ
familyName	Václav Havel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Havel
givenName	Václav ⓘ
hasHonoraryDegree	Harvard University ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ surface form: Oxford University Sorbonne University ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Czechoslovakia ⓘ
headOfState	Czech Republic ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ
ideology	liberal democracy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Czech ⓘ
movement	Charter 77 movement ⓘ surface form: Charter 77 Czechoslovak dissident movement ⓘ Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ surface form: Velvet Revolution
name	Václav Havel self-link ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Czech ⓘ
notableFor	role in the Velvet Revolution ⓘ transition of Czechoslovakia from communism to democracy ⓘ
notableWork	Audience ⓘ Largo Desolato ⓘ Letters to Olga ⓘ The Garden Party ⓘ The Memorandum ⓘ The Power of the Powerless ⓘ
occupation	dissident ⓘ essayist ⓘ playwright ⓘ politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Czechoslovakia ⓘ Prague ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Czech Republic ⓘ Hrádeček ⓘ
positionHeld	Chairman of the Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia ⓘ President of Czechoslovakia ⓘ President of the Czech Republic ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Dagmar Havlová ⓘ Dagmar Havlová ⓘ surface form: Olga Havlová
termEnd	1992-07-20 ⓘ 2003-02-02 ⓘ
termStart	1989-12-29 ⓘ 1993-02-02 ⓘ
workLocation	Prague ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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Heinz Award → notableRecipient → Václav Havel ⓘ

Universitas Carolina → hasNotableAlumnus → Václav Havel ⓘ

Fulbright Prize for International Understanding → hasRecipient → Václav Havel ⓘ

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Olof Palme Prize → hasAwarded → Václav Havel ⓘ

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Sonning Prize → hasRecipient → Václav Havel ⓘ

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Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent → namedAfter → Václav Havel ⓘ

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Madam Secretary: A Memoir → aboutPerson → Václav Havel ⓘ

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Ellis Island Medal of Honor → hasRecipient → Václav Havel ⓘ

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Prague Conservatory → notableAlumni → Václav Havel ⓘ

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