Hero of velvet revolution Václav Havel dies

Václav Havel, playwright, philosopher and one-time President of the Czech Republic, died aged 75 on the 18 December 2011. He played not just a central role in the 1989 overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia but in his country’s national life for years afterwards. He remained what he had always been: a dissident.

Hospodářské noviny, 19.12.11: Václav Havel – neither an angel nor God (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1306291-vaclav-havel-neither-angel-nor-god

PressEurop, 19.12.11: Václav Havel – Europe has lost a father http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/press-review/1306911-vaclav-havel-europe-has-lost-father

BBC News, 19.12.11: World pays tribute to Czech statesman Vaclav Havel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16239397

Deutsche Welle, 18.12.11: Former Czech president remembered as anti-communist hero http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15610756,00.html

France24, 18.12.11: Former Czech President Vaclav Havel dies http://www.france24.com/en/20111218-former-czech-president-vaclav-havel-dies-nobel-laureate-plawright-cold-war

Wikipedia: Václav Havel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel

Website: Václav Havel http://www.vaclavhavel.cz/Index.php?&setln=2

The Guardian, 19.12.11: Václav Havel Obituary http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/18/vaclav-havel

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