Editing Václav Havel (section)

==Music==
* Havel was a major supporter of [[The Plastic People of the Universe]], and close friend of its leader, [[Milan Hlavsa]], its manager, [[Ivan Martin Jirous]], and its guitarist/vocalist, [[Paul Wilson (translator) | Paul Wilson]] (who later became Havel's English translator and biographer) and a great fan of the rock band [[The Velvet Underground]], sharing mutual respect with the principal singer-songwriter [[Lou Reed]]. Reed interviewed Havel in his book "Between Thought And Expression." Havel was also a lifelong [[Frank Zappa]] fan.<ref name=Columbia>{{Cite web
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070501083837/http://havel.columbia.edu/biblio_humanrights.html
| archive-date= 1 May 2007
| title= Bibliography: Human Rights Archive
|website=Havel at Columbia
| editor= Csaba Szilagyi
|url=https://havel.columbia.edu/biblio_humanrights.html|access-date=2023-03-17
| year= 2006
|publisher= Columbia University }}</ref><ref>Sam Beckwith, [http://prague.tv/articles/art-and-culture/vaclav-havel-and-lou-reed "Václav Havel & Lou Reed"], ''Prague.tv'' 24 January 2005, updated 27 January 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2007.</ref>
* Havel was also a great supporter and fan of jazz and frequented such Prague clubs as Radost FX and the Reduta Jazz Club, where [[U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]] played the saxophone when Havel brought him there.<ref name="Columbia"/>
* Havel befriended [[Joan Baez]] after he evaded arrest by pretending to be her roadie.<ref name="Baez">{{cite web |title=Joan Baez: Dylan, Steve Jobs, Dr King & Me |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/stories/joan-baez-dylan-steve-jobs-dr-king-and-me/ |website=Mojo4Music |date=201 |access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>