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Jan Bernard (ed.): Václav Havel and Film: Screenplays, Analyses and Reflections, 1957–1989
Collected publication of Václav Havel’s “film” texts, prepared by Professor Jan Bernard of FAMU
Václav M. Havel: My Memoires
The first full edition of the memoires of the father of Václav Havel and the founder of the Prague district...
Jacques Rupnik, Pavel Seifter (eds.): Europe at the Crossroads: Democracy, Neighbourhoods, Migrations
A collective monograph Europe at the Crossroads: Democracy, Neighbourhoods, Migrations prepared by...
Václav Havel’s Prague: A Guide to Buildings and Places with a Role in the Life of the Playwright, Dissident and President
Written by a leading historian of Czech architecture, this guidebook, comprising several chapters accompanied...
Michael Zantovsky: Havel. A life
Vaclav Havel: iconoclast and philosopher king, an internationally successful playwright who became a...
Just Because I Am
Similar but yet so different. In some respects Ivan M. Havel, the younger brother of former president Václav...
Pavel Juráček: From the Life of a Buffoon (Articles, Reflections, Interviews, 1954–1978)
An anthology of the journalism of Pavel Juráček – one of the key figures in the 1960s New Wave of Czech film.
Václav Havel: Open Letters
The selection of Havel's 25 best essays written since 1965
Václav Havel: To the Castle and Back
From Václav Havel comes this first-hand account of his years in office and the transition to democracy...
Václav Havel: Summer Meditation
A personal political testament originally written by Václav Havel in the summer of 1991 during his first...
Václav Havel: NATO, Europe, and the Security of Democracy
Selected speeches, articles, and interviews by Václav Havel from 1990 to 2002, devoted to the issues of...
Václav Havel: Europe as Task. Selected Speeches
The collection of Václav Havel’s presidential speeches dealing with the topic of European integration.
Hey, it’s Havel! Václav Havel in family albums
A photographic mosaic of snapshots from the life of Václav Havel.
Václav Havel: Notes of the accused
Unique edition of a 1977 handwritten diary by Václav Havel.
Zdeněk Lukeš: Václav Havel’s Prague
A guide to buildings connected to the life of the playwright, dissident and president
Krystyna Wanatowiczová: Miloš Havel – Czech Film Magnate
Biography of an important film producer in the First Republic and Protectorate eras.
The Rogues of Horní Počernice
A report on the premiere of Václav Havel’s The Beggars Opera in 1975. Organised by Anna Freimanová.
The Persecution of Václav Havel: Letters and Documents, 1968–1989
A collection of texts mapping the injustices Václav Havel had to face in the normalisation period.
Michael Žantovský: Havel / A life (paperback)
Vaclav Havel: iconoclast and philosopher king, an internationally successful playwright who became a...
Talks from Lány III. (1992)
The third volume of the printed edition of transcripts of President Václav Havel’s legendary radio programme.
Miroslav Bárta, Václav Cílek, Stanislav Komárek, Zbyněk Petráček, et al: The Czech Republic in 100 years (Conference Editions, vol. 1)
Record of a quartet of debates form the conference Europe and the Czech Republic 2113, which the Václav Havel...
Zdeněk Hořínek, Lenka Jungmannová, Vladimír Just, Petr Oslzlý, et al: The Garden Party: A pivotal event in modern Czech theatre (Conference Editions, vol. 2)
Anthology from the conference The Garden Party 1963–2013, featuring contributions from leading experts on...
Discussions in Lány II. (1991)
The second volume of the printed edition of transcripts of President Václav Havel’s legendary radio...
Václav Havel: Suspicious to Myself
A collection of eight personally toned speeches by Václav Havel from 1990–1995.
Filip Topol: Fantasiain G minor
Remastered recording of a Filip Topol organ concert made at the Dietrichstein Tomb in Mikulovon 26 August...
Gabriela Romanová: The Story of Dispatch Editions
Příběh Edice Expedice (The Story of Dispatch Editions) introduces readers in highly accessible but also...
Pavel Juráček: By Means of a Cat (Texts from 1951–1958)
Prostřednictvím kočky (By Means of a Cat) is a collection of the earliest literary texts by one of the key...
Jan Hanč: Events / A facsimile of a handwritten notebook
Události / faksimile rukopisného sešitu (Events / A facsimile of a handwritten notebook) is a unique...
Olga Havlová’s Power of Pragmatism
Síla věcnosti Olgy Havlové (Olga Havlová’s Power of Pragmatism) is a collection of reminiscences and...
An Occasional Portrait of Václav Havel
Příležitostný portrét Václava Havla (An Occasional Portrait of Václav Havel) is a collection of reviews,...
Dear Radim
Collection of pieces by authors from the Kampademie circle dedicated to Radim Palouš on his 70th birthday.
Censored
Censurováno (Censored), the 15th VHL Notebook, contains a series of letters written by Zdeněk Neubauer,...
Madeleine Albright: Prague Winter
A personal story of remembrance, Czechoslovakia and war, 1937 – 1948.
Oldřich Škácha: Havel Forever
Havel navždy (Havel Forever) is a book of Oldřich Škácha’s photographs capturing Václav Havel between...
DVD Leaving
A film that isn't only about leaving high politics, shot by Václav Havel and based on his stage play of the...
DVD Citizen Havel
An epic documentary by Pavel Koutecký and Miroslav Janek following the life of Václav Havel between 1992 and...
Havel - Janouch
Correspondence between Václav Havel and František Janouch from 1978 to 2001.
Havel - Prečan
Correspondence between Václav Havel and Vilém Prečan from 1983 to 1989.
DVD A Tribute to Václav Havel (2003)
Recording of a ceremonial evening at the National Theatre dedicated to Václav Havel.
Zdeněk Urbánek: Creators of the World (An Anthology)
Stvořitelé světa (výbor) (Creators of the World (An Anthology)) comprises six autobiographical reminiscences...
Václav Havel: The Power of the Powerless and Other Essays
Moc bezmocných a jiné eseje (The Power of the Powerless and Other Essays) is an anthology comprising key...
Ladislav Hejdánek: What Is Required Today (VHL Workbooks No 12)
A selection from the Intellectual Diaries of one of the most important Czech philosophers of the second half...
Václav Havel on Theatre
A collection of Václav Havel's texts on theatre - newspaper articles, reviews, profiles, comments on the...
DVD of concert tribute to Václav Havel released
Edited highlights of the concert "A Tribute to Václav Havel", which took place at the Lucerna Palace on 23....
Divided by the Past. The formation of political identities in the Czech Republic after 1989
A collective monograph exploring the shaping of Czech political culture after 1989.
Vácslav Havel (Atom): Kniža života (VHL Workbooks No 11)
Anthology of spiritist texts by the grandfather of Václav Havel, Vácslav Havel.
Martin C. Putna: Václav Havel. Spiritual portrait within the framework of Czech culture
A groundbreaking monograph exploring the intellectual world of Václav Havel.
Nina Rutova: Havel in a Nutshell
A workbook for secondary school students introducing the life and work of Václav Havel in 14 creative...
Václav Černý: The Development and *Crimes of Pan-Slavism* (VHL Workbooks No 10)
A visionary essay by Václav Černý warning of the great power ambitions of Russia.
Vladimír Vokolek – Anecdotal Anonymous Nation (VHL Workbooks No 9)
The first Czech poetic reflection on the Communist putsch, Victorious February 1948.
Ivan M. Havel et al.: Letters from Olga
Letters that friends of Václav Havel sent to him in prison, which inspired the creation of the world famous...
Daniel Kroupa - History of Kampademie (VHL Workbooks No 8)
History of the unofficial "underground" academy whose activities significantly influenced the thinking of...
Zdeněk Neubauer - Consolatio Philosophiae Hodierna (VHL Workbooks No 7)
An essay devoted to the first published letters that Václav Havel wrote in prison.
Fausting with Havel
Collection on Václav Havel's 50th birthday dedicated to his play Temptation.
Interviews with the 36ers and Silver Wind (VHL Workbooks No 6)
Anthology of work by the Thirty-sixers, whose leading figure was Václav Havel.
Jiří Kuběna - Masks, Drawings and Paintings (VHL Workbooks No 5)
The emergence of poet Jiří Kuběna as an artist. Foreword written by Václav Havel.
M. C. Putna: Spirituality of Václav Havel (VHL Workbooks No 4)
A study exploring the roots of Václav Havel's thinking.
L. Hejdánek: Havel is Carbon (VHL Workbooks No 3)
A collection of thoughts on Václav Havel.
Eternal Times
A publication offering in three parts a triple approach to evoking Czech totalitarian everyday life...
Prague – Washington – Prague
Bilingual collection of dispatches from the U.S. Embassy in Prague in November and December 1989.
Instigation and Punishment (VHL Workbooks No 2)
Transcription of Václav Havel's court trial in January 1989.
We had Underground and now we have Zilch (VHL Workbooks No 1)
Collection of underground poetry inspired by Václav Havel.
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