Vaclav Havel (1936.10.05 — 2011.12.18)
瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔
Vaclav Havel, the Czech Republic's first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule, who first came to international fame as a dissident playwright in the 1970s through his involvement with the human rights manifesto Charter 77, has died on 18 December, 2011. He was 75.
哈维尔，捷克历经丝绒革命独立之后的首任总统，因参与“七七宪章”活动宣扬人权而受世人瞩目。逝于2011年12月18日，享年75岁。
文化点津：
the Velvet Revolution 丝绒革命（又译“天鹅绒革命”），捷克斯洛伐克的丝绒革命是指东欧剧变时，没有经过大规模的暴力冲突就实现了政权更迭，如天鹅绒般平和柔滑，故而得名。“天鹅绒革命”也成为非暴力的通过和平方式更迭政权的代名词。