Václav Havel

Václav Havel (b. 1936, Prague) was prevented from studying at FAMU due to his bourgeois origins. He established himself as an author and playwright (The Garden Party, The Memorandum). He was involved as script adviser on the short documentary The Fog in 1966. For his attitudes and dissident activities he was placed on the list of banned authors during the period 1968-89, which hindered public performance of his works (among others, the plays Largo desolato,… (more)