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VĂĄclav Havel: Quick Facts

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Born October 5, 1936 • Prague • Czech Republic
Died December 18, 2011 (aged 75) • Czech Republic
Title / Office president (1993-2003), Czech Republic • president (1989-1992), Czechoslovakia
Notable Works “Leaving” • “The Garden Party” • “The Memorandum”

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Vaclav Havel stands at Wawel Castle in Krakow, wearing a red sweater and dark jacket, holding a book with his portrait on the cover.
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Vaclav Havel, wearing a suit and a headset microphone, sits and speaks on stage at Theatre World Brno in Brno, Czech Republic.
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Karel Čapek, 1938.
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Farkas Bolyai
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William Shakespeare
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