Word: havelent
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...Vaclav Havel, president of the Czech Republic, discussed the growth of a world community and stressed the global responsibilities of politicians, the mass media and the United States in his Commencement address...
...renowned dissident who became president ofthe Czech Republic in 1989, Havel's writingshelped spark the democratic uprisings thatproduced Communism's collapse in Czechoslavakia...
...activist during the 1960s and 1970s, Havelwas a chief signatory and spokesperson for theCharter-77 movement, which attacked the Communistautocratic government. Havel's works--includingThe Garden Party(1963) and TheConspiratorswere banned but had world Wideinfluence...
...role in the revolution, Havel was namedto the largely honorary post of president ofCzechoslovakia...
...Havel is the recipient of the Indira GandhiPrize...