Václav Havel

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Born: 1936-10-05
Died: 2011-12-18
From: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

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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honorary citizen of Budapest

2013
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Eugen Kogon Award

2012
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St. George's Order of Victory

2011
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Franz Kafka Prize

2010
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honorary doctorate from Sciences Po

2009
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1st of June Award

2009
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Point Alpha Prize

2008
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Giuseppe Motta Medal

2008
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Karel Čapek Prize

2008
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Jaroslav Seifert Prize

2008
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Honorary doctor of the University of Liège

2007
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Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class

2006
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Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg

2006
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Annual award ACFK

2006
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Monismanien Prize

2005
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Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

2005
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Light of Truth Award

2004
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Order of Brilliant Star

2004
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Freedom Award

2003
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Ambassador of Conscience Award

2003
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German National Prize

2003
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Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class

2003
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Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross

2003
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Gandhi Peace Prize

2003
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Presidential Medal of Freedom

2003
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Collar of the Order of the White Lion

2003
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Companion of the Order of Canada

2003
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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

2002
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honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida

2002
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

2001
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Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)

2001
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Lagun Onari

2001
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Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2000
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German citizenship price

2000
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Order of State of Republic of Turkey

2000
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Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great

1999
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J. William Fulbright Prize

1997
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Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

1997
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Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities

1997
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Order of al-Hussein bin Ali

1997
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Order of Rio Branco

1996
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Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana

1996
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Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

1996
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Order of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

1996
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Order of the Liberator General San Martín

1996
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Planetary Consciousness Prize

1996
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honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington

1995
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Geuzenpenning

1995
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Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

1995
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Catalonia International Prize

1995
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honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University

1995
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Philadelphia Liberty Medal

1994
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Order of the White Eagle

1993
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Theodor Heuss Award

1993
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Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia

1993
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Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

1993
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honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University

1992
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honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles

1991
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doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University

1991

Acting33 titles

Directing1 title

Writing11 titles