Václav Havel

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-10-05

Deathday

2011-12-18 (75 years old)

Birth Place

Prague, Czech Republic

Religion

lapsed Catholic

Height

Relationships

Olga Havlová (1964 - 1996), Dagmar Havlová (1997 - 2011)

Father

Václav M. Havel

Mother

Božena Vavrečková

Siblings

Ivan M. Havel

Relatives

Vácslav Havel, Dagmar Havlová, Hugo Vavrečka

Citizenships

Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia

Residences

Rašínovo nábřeží 78 · U dejvického rybníčku, Czech Republic

Awards

Eugen Kogon Award, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Freedom Award, Olof Palme Prize, Gandhi Peace Prize, German citizenship price, Light of Truth Award, Concordia Prize, Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg, Erasmus Prize, Sonning Prize, Order of the Star of Jordan, Jaroslav Seifert Prize, Ambassador of Conscience Award, Quadriga, Austrian State Prize for European Literature, Order of the Chrysanthemum, Monismanien Prize, Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil), Princess of Asturias Awards, Deutscher Nationalpreis, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Order of the White Eagle, Franz Kafka Prize, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Catalonia International Prize, Charlemagne Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Order of the Liberator General San Martín, Order of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Order of al-Hussein bin Ali, St. George's Order of Victory, Point Alpha Prize, International Simón Bolívar Prize, Geuzenpenning, Order of Brilliant Star, Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize, Order of Rio Branco, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities, Lagun Onari, Delta Prize for Global Understanding, Order of State of Republic of Turkey, Fulbright Prize, Philadelphia Liberty Medal, honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur, Saint George medal, Order Ecce Homo, Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great, Karel Čapek Prize, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Companion of the Order of Canada, Giuseppe Motta Medal, Democracy Service Medal, Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal, Honorary doctor of the Dresden University of Technology, Honorary doctor of the Paris-Sorbonne University, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University, honorary doctorate of Haifa University, Honorary doctor of the University of Liège, honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class, Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross, Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class, 1st of June Award, honorary citizen of Plzeň, Theodor Heuss Award, honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, honorary citizen of Budapest, Collar of the Order of the White Lion, Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross, Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class, Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, honorary doctor of the University of Padua, honorary citizen of Prague, honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University, Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty, Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka, participant in the resistance and resistance against communism, honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Evelyn F. Burkey Award