US website lists Havel among world’s best intellectuals

The US website Foreign Policy has included former Czech president Václav Havel on a list of the one hundred intellectuals whose ideas have most influenced present world developments. The Foreign Policy list features philosophers, writers, politicians and other leading figures, including Umberto Eco, Garry Kasparov and Salman Rushdie. The personalities are listed in alphabetical order, without being compared in terms of intellectual qualities or other criteria.