Best Student Essay Competition
One of the key genres of Václav Havel’s work is essays – on literary, artistic, social, political, and spiritual topics. His essays, such as the The Power of the Powerless and A Word About Words, have become classic texts of Czech literature; they have been translated into tens of languages, and are among the few truly world-famous works of Czech culture. This is also why it is necessary to keep cultivating the essay genre in the Czech language – not in the sense of imitating Václav Havel’s writing, but in the spirit of his courage to name unpleasant problems and search for unconventional solutions to them. For this reason, the Václav Havel Library is announcing the next year of the literary competition for secondary students: the Václav Havel Library Prize for Best Student Essay.
This competition is supportedy by the Ministry of culture of the Czech Republic and Czech and Slovak Century project
Archive
Ceremonial Announcement of Essay Competition Winners
05/12/19 16:30 – 05/12/19 18:00, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
Announcement of the results of the 11th annual Václav Havel Library student essay competition. This year’s edition responds to current challenges in the area of the environment and climate and its theme is The face of our country, or How do you view the face of the country in which you live? Is Czechia an earthly paradisefor the eyes?
Ceremonial Announcement of Essay Competition Winners
06/12/18 16:30 – 06/12/18 19:00, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
10th year (2018)
Is He Who Has Most Likes Right?
07/12/17 16:30 – 07/12/17 18:00, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
9th year (2017)
Dear Mr. President
07/12/16 17:00 – 07/12/16 19:00, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
8th year (2016)
Is There Room in the Czech Republic for People of Different Cultures and Religions?
16/12/15 18:30 – 16/12/15 19:30, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
7th year (2015)
What Vision Does Contemporary Europe Have and What Vision Should it Have?
15/12/14 17:00 – 15/12/14 18:00, Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
6th year (2014)
Is idealism a position for this world?
16/12/13 19:00 – 16/12/13 21:00, Vaclav Havel Library, Řetězová 7, Prague
5th Year (2013)
How do you imagine the Czech president?
December 2012, Montmartre Gallery
4th Year (2012)
Freedom of speech and modern communication technologies - two sides of the same coin?
22/12/11 18:00 – 22/12/11 20:00, Montmartre Gallery
3rd Year (2011)
What remains absurd and what cannot be ridiculed anymore?
16/11/10 19:00 – 16/11/10 21:00, Montmartre Gallery
2nd Year (2010)
Twenty Years of Freedom from Socialism
25/11/09 18:00 – 01/02/15 21:00, Montmartre Gallery
1st Year (2009)