Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Václav Havel ya girma a cikin da'irar da ke kula da al'adun Czechoslovakia masu zaman kansu a cikin kalubalantar mulkin kwaminisanci na lokacin. An cire shi daga babban ilimi, ya yi suna a cikin shekarun 1960 tare da wasan kwaikwayo na satirical wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga yanayin ilimi na Prague Spring. A lokacin daidaitawa wanda ya biyo bayan mamayewar Soviet ya ɗauki ƙananan ayyuka yayin da aka buga aikinsa a cikin samizdat. Ya kasance daya daga cikin kakakin farko na Yarjejeniya ta 77, kuma memba na Kwamitin Kare Masu Laifin Laifi. An yanke masa hukuncin shekaru hudu da rabi na aiki mai wuya, wanda ya haifar da lalacewar lafiyarsa. Bayan da aka sake shi a shekarar 1983 ya ci gaba da kasancewa babban mamba na 'yan adawa wanda ya kai ga
Juyin juya halin Velvet na 1989. An zabe shi shugaban farko na Czechoslovakia mai 'yanci kuma daga bisani na Jamhuriyar Czech.