Name: Letters to Olga: Exhibition showcases Havel’s prison correspondence
Uploaded: 2026-09-18T10:29:53+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: Among events in Prague marking the imminent 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth is an exhibition showcasing letters the then dissident sent his wife during a lengthy spell in a communist jail. The often philosophical correspondence was collected in the book Letters to Olga, which became one of Havel’s best-known publications Václav Havel wrote 161

Photo: Kašpar, Museum of Literature

Among events in Prague marking the imminent 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth is an exhibition showcasing letters the then dissident sent his wife during a lengthy spell in a communist jail. The often philosophical correspondence was collected in the book Letters to Olga, which became one of Havel’s best-known publications

Václav Havel wrote 161 missives to his wife Olga Havlová when he underwent his first serious jail term between 1979 and 1983, when he was let out early due to dangerously poor health.

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Author: Ian Willoughby