Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011) · Czech dissident and president
| Description | Czech statesman, playwright, and former dissident, the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic (1936–2011) Source: Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936-10-05 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Birthplace | Praha Prague Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Died | 2011-12-18 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Place of death | Hrádeček Source: Wikidata |
| Area | Czechoslovakia Source: MusicBrainz |
| Country | XC Source: MusicBrainz |
| Citizenship | Czechoslovakia Czech Republic Source: Wikidata |
| Occupation | human rights defender philosopher opinion journalist film director essayist politician director writer poet dissident playwright dramaturge political prisoner Source: Wikidata |
| Member of | Royal Society of Literature Charter 77 German Academy for Language and Literature Czech Helsinki Comitee Junák Committee for the Defense of the Unjustly Prosecuted Club of Rome American Academy of Arts and Sciences Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts Source: Wikidata |
| Awards | honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II Point Alpha Prize Concordia Prize Quadriga Austrian State Prize for European Literature Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Princess of Asturias Awards St. George's Order of Victory honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles Order of Rio Branco Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great Giuseppe Motta Medal Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana Order of the White Eagle Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Theodor Heuss Award Delta Prize for Global Understanding honorary doctorate from Sciences Po Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association Light of Truth Award doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class International Simón Bolívar Prize Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg Freedom Award J. William Fulbright Prize Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington Geuzenpenning Ambassador of Conscience Award 1st of June Award Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia Karel Čapek Prize Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic honorary citizen of Budapest German National Prize honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel honorary citizen of Plzeň honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class Order of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Prix mondial Cino Del Duca Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sonning Prize Erasmus Prize Saint George medal Order of the Star of Jordan Monismanien Prize honorary doctor of the University of Padua Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities Order of the Chrysanthemum Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty Honorary doctor of the University of Liège Franz Kafka Prize honorary doctor of Comenius University Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil) Catalonia International Prize Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour honorary citizen of Prague Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class Charlemagne Prize Order of the Liberator General San Martín Gandhi Peace Prize Order of Brilliant Star Presidential Medal of Freedom German citizenship award Democracy Service Medal Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature participant in the resistance and resistance against communism Evelyn F. Burkey Award Austrian Decoration for Science and Art honorary doctor of the Dresden University of Technology Olof Palme Prize Lagun Onari Philadelphia Liberty Medal Collar of the Order of the White Lion Order of State of Republic of Turkey Eugen Kogon Award Indira Gandhi Peace Prize honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw Companion of the Order of Canada Order of al-Hussein bin Ali honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University Jaroslav Seifert Prize honorary doctorate of Haifa University Order Ecce Homo Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka Planetary Consciousness Prize Annual award ACFK honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Karel Kramář Medal Award of the Peace of Westphalia honorary citizen of Bratislava Source: Wikidata |
V. Havel Vaclav Havel
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