Vaclav Havel: The Authorized Biography

by Eda Kriseová

Book Overview

Chronicles the eventful life of the playwright, poet, revolutionary, and statesman, including his beginnings as a writer and dissident in the Communist era and his emergence as a world leader and former president of a democratic Czechoslovakia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312103174
• ISBN13: 9780312103170
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Chatty but useful look at Havel's life.

Havel, president of the Czech Republic, first president of free Czechoslovakia after the Velvet Revolution, is portrayed in an attractive light by Kriseova, who evidently knows Havel fairly well. In any event, the glossary of names is useful for anyone trying to get a better grip on the personalities involved in Theater of the Balustrade and in the Velvet Revolution. A fast paced read, indexed. OP hunters: St. Martin's imprint is also on some versions of this book