President Playwright Issues Wise, Funny Autobiography

Vaclav Havel is one of my creative citizen role models. A celebrated poet and playwright, he was jailed in his native country, Czechoslovakia, for his human rights work. After the fall of Communism he was elected as the first post-Communist President and served from 1989 to 1992.


A poet. playwright, activist President. Sounds like a great resume.


Now he has published a new memoir of his time in office, "To The Castle and Back."
Read the L. A. Times review.