Vaclav Havel (1936-2011) was a Czech dramatist and politician, president of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) and of the Czech Republic from 1993.
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His plays include The Garden Party in 1963 and Largo Desolato in 1985, about a dissident intellectual. Havel became widely known as a human-rights activist. He was imprisoned (1979-1933) and again 1989 for support of Charter 77, a human-rights manifesto.
As president of Czechoslovakia he sought to preserve a united republic, but resigned in recognition of the breakup of the federation in 1992. In 1993 he became president of the newly independent Czech Republic.
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Vaclav Havel was a Czech playwright, poet and politician.