Letters from Olga
- Where: Montmartre Gallery
- When: December 2010
Collection of texts received in years 1981 to 1983 by imprisoned Václav Havel. The majority of them consists of letters from Ivan M. Havel under whose direction the Kampademie philosophical association composed replies to Havel's letters. This collection of letters sent to the prison is the unknown "second half" of world famous Letters to Olga.
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Letters to Olga – essays written in prison, letter
„If I consider the problem as that which the world is turning me into – that is, as a tiny screw in a giant machine, deprived of human identity – then there is really nothing I can do. Obviously I cannot put a stop to the destruction of the globe, the growing stupidity of nations and the repoduction of thousands of new thermonuclear bombs. If, however, I consider it as that which each of us originally is, or rahter what each of us – irrespective of the state of the world – has the basic potential to become, which is to say an autonomous human being, capable of acting responsibly to and for the world, then of course there is a great deal I can do.“
Václav Havel:
Letters to Olga – essays written in prison, letter
March 6, 1982
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