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Mailbox 4.2.2012This month in Mailbox we read from your letters of condolence on the death in December of the former president Václav Havel, we read from your feedback regarding Radio Prague's programmes and we quote from your answers to January's mystery Czech quiz question. Listeners/readers: Michael Fanderys, Jayanta Chakrabarty, Stephen Hrebenach, Steve Olear, Hans Verner Lollike, Mary Lou Krenek, Jaroslaw ...Posted on 4 February 2012 | 1:10 am
Newspapers in Europe cover death of VaclavThe deaths of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and Václav Havel, the playwright and former Czechloslovakian president, were both announced on Sunday. But depending on where in the world you woke up this morning, coverage of their passing was split, with most newspapers in Europe producing covers featuring Havel, and most U.S. newspapers covering Kim. [...]
Posted on 31 January 2012 | 3:56 am
A heart from melted candles: an unusualAfter the death of the former Czech president Václav Havel, thousands of people laid down wreaths and lit candles at impromptu memorial sites across the country. Now, two artists have decided to recycle those candles for an unusual memorial – a wax heart. Dozens of volunteers are currently working on the “A heart for Havel” initiative at a Prague cultural center.
Posted on 26 January 2012 | 5:05 pm
Václav Havel (1936–2011)Paul Wilson Tomki Němec Václav Havel visiting Ruzyně Prison, where he had once been incarcerated, Prague, March 1990 The five days following Václav Havel’s death on Sunday, December 18, at his country house, Hrádeček (“the little castle”), were unique in modern Czech history. Almost as soon as the news broke, people began gathering spontaneously in public places, not just to pay their respects ...
Posted on 20 January 2012 | 3:53 pm
Vaclav Havel Dies: Former Czech presidentVaclav Havel Dies: Former Czech President Dead At 75 Havel is a hero to democracy everywhere. ...When Havel was elected as the President of Czechoslovakia's communist government, . . .
Posted on 20 January 2012 | 12:07 pm
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Huge candle wax heart to remember HavelCandles that flickered across the nation to mourn the death of former President Vaclav Havel are being blowtorched to form a huge wax heart soon to go on display in the Czech capital.Posted on 23 January 2012 | 3:49 pm
Facebook campaign wants all presidents namedVaclav Havel airport, Vaclav Havel library, Vaclav Havel street, Vaclav Havel school.
Posted on 13 January 2012 | 4:38 pm
Vaclav Havel's ashes buried in PragueThe urn carrying Vaclav Havel's ashes has been buried at his family plot at a cemetery in the Czech capital of Prague.
Posted on 4 January 2012 | 1:29 pm
Czech author Josef Skvorecky dies at 87Josef Skvorecky, a Czech exile and author who published works by Vaclav Havel and Milan Kundera that had been banned by communist authorities in their native country, has died. He was 87.
Posted on 3 January 2012 | 5:52 pm
Poland's Gdansk renames street after VaclavGdansk — the birthplace of Poland's Solidarity movement — has renamed a street after Vaclav Havel to honor the Czech anti-communist icon deeply revered by Poles.
Posted on 23 December 2011 | 10:57 am
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Vaclav Havel: Civic Responsibility in theVaclav Havel: Civic Responsibility in the Postmodern Age (Twentieth-Century Political Thinkers): More than any o... http://t.co/e9zSFk14Posted on 5 February 2012 | 11:24 am
RT @jaredleto: My condolencesRT @jaredleto: My condolences "@JaneTejero1: @jaredleto Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel died yesterday,too :( He is quite known in the US? We are very sad"
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 9:55 am
RT @jaredleto: "@amnesty: "ThoseRT @jaredleto: "@amnesty: "Those that say that individuals are not capable of changing anything are only looking for excuses" - Vaclav Havel"
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 9:54 am
Selected Plays 1984-97 Havel: The plays inSelected Plays 1984-97 Havel: The plays in this volume include "Largo Desolato", "Temptation" and "Redevelopment... http://t.co/xbU1sWCJ
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 9:53 am
"The real test of a man is not when he"The real test of a man is not when he plays the role he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him." Václav Havel
Posted on 5 February 2012 | 5:21 am
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Professor Edwards' Interest in VaclavProfessor Edwards' Interest in Vaclav Havel. Category: Library Blog Tags: faculty scholarship February 4, 2012 @ 1:28 pm. Did you know that Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident, politician (so characterized by Wikipedia), and first ...Posted on 4 February 2012 | 6:28 pm
CRF Blog » Blog Archive » VáclavPaul Wilson remembers playwright, poet, and Czech statesman Václav Havel in the latest New York Review of Books. Following the fall of the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989, Havel became president of that ...
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 8:11 pm
Concurring Opinions » Vaclav Havel:Vaclav Havel: Concluding Thoughts. posted by Mark Edwards. It's been a joy visiting here at Concurring Opinions again – thank you to the Co-Op crew for the opportunity. I'm going to take my leap month early this year and ...
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 11:21 pm
Gypsy Scholar: Paul Berman on VáclavThe New Republic has an article on one of the political figures I most respect by one of the journalists I most respect, Paul Berman's "Democracy and the Human Heart: Václav Havel, 1936-2011" (January 26, 2012). Both are ...
Posted on 29 January 2012 | 10:20 pm
Reflections on Vaclav Havel | SocietyI suspect that there is something in this, based on various personal and rather small minded criticisms which have been circulating of Václav Havel after his recent death. My own assessment of the man is quite different.
Posted on 29 January 2012 | 6:15 pm
