Zantovsky Michael: Havel-A Life
Zantovsky Michael: Havel-A Life

Zantovsky Michael: Havel-A Life

Havel: A Life - Michael Žantovský . Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century--iconoclast and intellectual, artist turned political leader, president of a first united and later divided nation, and international human rights activist. This intimate biography begins with his privileged childhood in Prague, and his early years as an outcast under Communist rule. Resilient and dogged, he aspired to a career in the…
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Havel: A Life - Michael Žantovský . Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century--iconoclast and intellectual, artist turned political leader, president of a first united and later divided nation, and international human rights activist. This intimate biography begins with his privileged childhood in Prague, and his early years as an outcast under Communist rule. Resilient and dogged, he aspired to a career in the arts as a playwright and an essayist. However, his outspoken involvement during the Prague Spring led to the harsh censorship of his work and five years in and out of prisons. His leadership of Charter 77, his unflagging belief in the power of the powerless, and his galvanizing personality bolstered him into a pivotal role as the leader of the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Over the next fourteen years, he continued to break through barriers as the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic. As one of Havel's closest friends and as his political ally, press secretary, and advisor, Michael Zantovsky was a rare witness to this extraordinary life. With unprecedented access to private correspondence, documents, and interviews, Zantovsky presents a powerful, engaging, and revelatory account of a giant among men. Havel: A Life - Michael Žantovský od nakladatelství Atlantic Books (UK) v kategorii | English literature | Fiction and Literature | Czech Fiction za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Knihydobrovsky.cz Vaclav Havel: iconoclast and philosopher-king, an internationally successful playwright who became a political dissident and then, reluctantly, a president. His pivotal role in the Velvet Revolution, the end of Communism and the birth of a modern, west-facing Czech Republic makes him a key figure of the twentieth century. He was a character of great contradictions, a courageous visionary who put his life at risk, a leader who inspired great loyalty; yet a man wracked with doubt, self-criticism, depression and despair. Above all he was an intellectual and artist, always true to himself, someone who never lost a profound sense of the absurd. Michael antovsky was one of Havel's closest friends. They met as dissidents under Communism, and when a frail Havel was released from prison in May 1989 just months before the Velvet Revolution it was antovsky who carried his bag for him; during Havel's first presidency antovsky was his press secretary, speech writer and translator, and their friendship endured until Havel's death in 2011. He is therefore uniquely placed as Havel's biographer; a rare witness to this most extraordinary life.

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