Books
Just Because I Am Jan Lukeš
Similar but yet so different. In some respects Ivan M. Havel, the younger brother of former president Václav Havel...
From the Life of a Buffoon. Articles, Reflections, Interviews, 1954–1978 Pavel Juráček, Pavel Hájek (ed.)
An anthology of the journalism of Pavel Juráček – one of the key figures in the 1960s New Wave of Czech film.
An episode from the 60's. Correspondence between Václav Havel and Aleš Fetters Václav Havel, Aleš Fetters, Aleš Haman
Correspondence between Václav Havel and Aleš Fetters after Havel's critical speech at a conference of the Union of Czechoslovak Writers in June 1965.
Hey, it’s Havel! Václav Havel in family albums
A photographic mosaic of snapshots from the life of Václav Havel.
Notes of the accused. Václav Havel's 1977 diary Václav Havel, David Dušek, Anna Freimanová, Martin Palouš, Paul Wilson, Michael Žantovský
Unique edition of a 1977 handwritten diary by Václav Havel.
Václav Havel’s Prague. A guide to buildings connected to the life of the playwright, dissident and president Zdeněk Lukeš
The book Praha Václava Havla. Průvodce po stavbách spojených s životem dramatika, disidenta a prezidenta (Václav Havel’s Prague: A guide to buildings connected to the life of the playwright, dissident and president) focuses on buildings in the city linked to the life of that extraordinary figure.
Joseph Kilian Pavel Juráček, Pavel Hájek (ed.)
Chilling philosophical grotesque about cat rental and byrocracy, from which there is no escape.
Talks from Lány 3 (1992) Václav Havel
The third volume of the printed edition of transcripts of President Václav Havel’s legendary radio programme.
The Situation of the Wolf Pavel Juráček, Pavel Hájek (ed.)
A captivating, existential drama, hemmed in a gold mining scenery of the far north.
The Czech Republic in 100 years (Conference Editions, vol. 1) Miroslav Bárta, Václav Cílek, Stanislav Komárek, Zbyněk Petráček a další
Record of a quartet of debates form the conference Europe and the Czech Republic 2113, which the Václav Havel Library organised in cooperation with Ace Academy at the American Center in Prague in May 2013.
The Garden Party. A pivotal event in modern Czech theatre (Conference Editions, vol. 2) Zdeněk Hořínek, Lenka Jungmannová, Vladimír Just, Petr Oslzlý a další
Anthology from the conference The Garden Party 1963–2013, featuring contributions from leading experts on Václav Havel’s drama.
Sun goes down in the morning Eva Danišová, Irena Eliášová, Jana Hejkrlíková, Iveta Kokyová
A collection of prose by four prominent Roma authors.
Discussions in Lány 2 (1991) Václav Havel
The second volume of the printed edition of transcripts of President Václav Havel’s legendary radio programme.
The Story of Dispatch Editions Gabriela Romanová
Příběh Edice Expedice (The Story of Dispatch Editions) introduces readers in highly accessible but also faithfully researched form to the “life” of one of the most important samizdat publishers in the then Czechoslovakia, the gestation of which involved Václav Havel. The first part of the book, supplemented with a great number of documentary photographs, describes not only the production of the books and their domestic and international distribution but also the persecution that the creators and readers of the Dispatch Editions faced in the normalisation period.
Events. A facsimile of a handwritten notebook Jan Hanč
Události / faksimile rukopisného sešitu (Events / A facsimile of a handwritten notebook) is a unique reproduction of a letter-collage-sneer by one of the best known “outsiders” of Czech literature, who – thanks to his unpretentious conception of art – had a significant influence on many writers in the second half of the 20th century.
Olga Havlová’s Power of Pragmatism Anna Freimanová (ed.)
Síla věcnosti Olgy Havlové (Olga Havlová’s Power of Pragmatism) is a collection of reminiscences and interviews published to mark what would have been Olga Havlová’s 80th birthday.
An Occasional Portrait of Václav Havel Anna Freimanová (ed.)
Příležitostný portrét Václava Havla (An Occasional Portrait of Václav Havel) is a collection of reviews, interviews and essays by leading Czech journalists, experts, politicians and friends of Václav Havel’s.