What is another word for Vaclav Havel?
Pronunciation: [vˈaklav hˈe͡ɪvə͡l] (IPA) 
Vaclav Havel was a Czech writer, intellectual and politician who became a symbol of opposition against the totalitarian communist regime in Czechoslovakia during the 1970s and 1980s. Some synonyms for Vaclav Havel would be: dissident, social activist, philosopher, playwright, president, leader, reformer, voice of democracy, human rights advocate, and free-thinking visionary. Havel's role in the Velvet Revolution, which ended Soviet-imposed communism in 1989, established him as a revered figure internationally. Beyond his political legacy, Havel's written works, including plays, essays and memoirs, have earned him recognition as one of the most influential Eastern European thinkers and writers of the 20th century.
