People of the Revolution and the USSR
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Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert
A poet who confronted censorship and power at each moment of reform
Literature and arts · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
1901–1986
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Ludvík Vaculík Ludvík Vaculík
The Czech writer who declared 'not one human question has been solved in twenty years' and authored the 'Two Thousand Words' manifesto
Literature and arts · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
1926–2015
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Milan Kundera Milan Kundera
The Czech novelist who insisted the Prague Spring was a universal attempt to reconcile socialism with freedom
Literature and arts · Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ)
1929–2023
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Václav Havel Václav Havel
Czech playwright-turned-president whose absurdist theater critiqued the regime and whose dissident leadership ended communist rule
Literature and arts
1936–2011