Nine Hundred Pages of the Havel Family
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 25, 2018, 19:00 – 21:00
Ceremonial presentation of Václav M. Havel’s book Mé vzpomínky (My Memoirs)
The memoirs of Václav Maria Havel, father of President Václav Havel and the scientist Ivan M. Havel can be read in several ways. As a self-portrait of a personality whose entrepreneurial spirit was naturally married to social responsibility. As a chronicle of one of the most prominent families in early 20th century Prague. Or as a monumental fresco of the beginnings of modern Czech history. After all, it was Václav M. Havel who stood at the head of key student and civic activities in the First Republic, who built the Lucerna Palace, who founded the new Prague district of Barrandov…
The book is coming out in the original form conceived by the author and contains more than 300 period photographs and archival documents, the majority of which were previously unpublished.
Ivan M. Havel and the editors Jana Čechurová, Jan M. Heller and Pavel Hájek will discuss the title.
The memoirs of Václav Maria Havel, father of President Václav Havel and the scientist Ivan M. Havel can be read in several ways. As a self-portrait of a personality whose entrepreneurial spirit was naturally married to social responsibility. As a chronicle of one of the most prominent families in early 20th century Prague. Or as a monumental fresco of the beginnings of modern Czech history. After all, it was Václav M. Havel who stood at the head of key student and civic activities in the First Republic, who built the Lucerna Palace, who founded the new Prague district of Barrandov…
The book is coming out in the original form conceived by the author and contains more than 300 period photographs and archival documents, the majority of which were previously unpublished.
Ivan M. Havel and the editors Jana Čechurová, Jan M. Heller and Pavel Hájek will discuss the title.