Vaclav Havel: a U.S. sojourn

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, 67, plans to spend several months in the United States this year to give lectures and maybe resume his literary career, an aide said Friday. Havel, who was invited by the Library of Congress, plans to stay from April to July, mostly in Washington.

Havel, whose final term as Czech president ended last February, hopes to have enough time during his U.S. stay to start writing again. He has published dozens of plays, books and essays since the 1960s, but put his literary career on hold for the 13 years he held the presidency.

Havel has already said he plans to write a play based on Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”