Vaclav Havel

Awards & Honours

• 1968Austrian State Prize for European Literature
• 1984honorary doctor of the University of Toulouse-II
• 1986Erasmus Prize
• 1989Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
• 1989Olof Palme Prize
• 1990Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
• 1990Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize
• 1990Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross
• 1990Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal
• 1990International Simón Bolívar Prize
• 1990honorary citizen of Plzeň
• 1990honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• 1990honorary doctor of Comenius University
• 1991Charlemagne Prize
• 1991Sonning Prize
• 1991honorary doctor of the Université libre de Bruxelles
• 1991doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
• 1992honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
• 1993Order of the White Eagle
• 1993Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia
• 1993Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
• 1993Theodor Heuss Award
• 1994Philadelphia Liberty Medal
• 1995Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic‎
• 1995Geuzenpenning
• 1995Catalonia International Prize
• 1995honorary doctorate of the Masaryk University
• 1995honorary doctor of Victoria University of Wellington
• 1996Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
• 1996Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
• 1996Order of Rio Branco
• 1996Order of the Liberator General San Martín
• 1996Order of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
• 1996Planetary Consciousness Prize
• 1997Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
• 1997Order of al-Hussein bin Ali
• 1997Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities
• 1997J. William Fulbright Prize
• 1999Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great
• 2000Order of State of Republic of Turkey
• 2000Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 2000German citizenship price
• 2001Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎
• 2001Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary (civil)
• 2001Lagun Onari
• 2002Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
• 2002honorary doctorate of the University of Lleida
• 2003Collar of the Order of the White Lion
• 2003Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class
• 2003Presidential Medal of Freedom
• 2003Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross‎
• 2003Gandhi Peace Prize
• 2003Companion of the Order of Canada
• 2003Freedom Award
• 2003Ambassador of Conscience Award
• 2003German National Prize
• 2004Order of Brilliant Star
• 2004Light of Truth Award
• 2005Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
• 2005Monismanien Prize
• 2006Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 3rd class
• 2006Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg
• 2006Annual award ACFK
• 2007Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
• 2008Giuseppe Motta Medal
• 2008Jaroslav Seifert Prize
• 2008Karel Čapek Prize
• 2008Point Alpha Prize
• 2009Quadriga
• 20091st of June Award
• 2009honorary doctorate from Sciences Po
• 2010Franz Kafka Prize
• 2011St. George's Order of Victory
• 2012Eugen Kogon Award
• 2013honorary citizen of Budapest
• Concordia Prize
• Philadelphia Liberty Medal
• Democracy Service Medal
• Delta Prize for Global Understanding
• Order of the Three Stars, 1st Class
• Order of the Star of Jordan
• honorary doctor of the Dresden University of Technology
• honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
• honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• honorary doctor of the University of Warsaw
• honorary doctorate of Haifa University
• honorary doctor of the University of Padua
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• honorary citizen of Prague
• Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty
• Saint George medal
• Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka
• participant in the resistance and resistance against communism
• Order Ecce Homo
• Order of the Chrysanthemum
• Princess of Asturias Awards
• Evelyn F. Burkey Award
• Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
• Karel Kramář Medal