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...Vaclav Havel...
...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...