![Vaclav Havel walking on the beach near Cabo de Roca, Sintra, Portugal, 1990](/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_card/public/2020-03/2006_fall_havel-beach.jpg?h=f00398da&itok=OoyGfUeJ)
Fall 2006
![Fall 2006 cover of Columbia Magazine with a photo of Vaclav Havel](/sites/default/files/styles/issue_thumbnail_medium/public/2020-03/2006_fall_cover.jpg?itok=za_TYpzF)
Czech Playwright Václav Havel went from dissident to president. Now, as he prepares for another act — as artist-in-residence at Columbia — his translator shares an up-close view of the man.
After a knee injury nearly ended her career, Alicia Graf '03GS is back on her toes
State control, market forces, and the Internet’s power to divide