A biography of Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel was born in Prague, on October 5, 1936. He grew up in a well-known family that was connected to the cultural and political scene. His study was a bit complicated because he couldn't study what he really wanted. In 1946 he married Olga Splichalova who was later a big support in his time of trouble.

Finally he managed to finish his study of drama and his first play "The Garden Party" was performed followed by many others. In 1968 he had to leave the theater and became more politically active. As a co-author of Charta 77 (a civic iniciative against the policy of communist regime) he was arrested many times. In 1989 he became president and one year later he retained the presidency and was awarded the Prize For Freedom. After the splitting of Czechoslovakia in 1993 he became the first president of the Czech Republic. In 1996 his wife Olga died of cancer and also Vaclav Havel started to fight with this serious illness. One year later he remarried an actress Dagmar Veskrnova. In 1998 he was reelected and his term of office ended in 2003.

Unfortunatelly, this well-known Czech expresident who has written over 20 plays and has received a lot of prizes isn't presently in a good health condition.