2011Nominee
Best Performance
Leaving
Václav Havel
Actor · Director · Writer
Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
October 5, 1936
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1994Winner
Best Writing
Mlýny
2020Nominee
Best Performance
Zappa
Career Highlights
2012Highlight
Best Performance
Věra 68
2007Highlight
Best Performance
Hammer & Tickle