of the Program of Atlantic Security Studies (PASS), a part of the think-tank Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI). Since July 2012, Žantovský served as President of the Aspen Institute Prague and member of the Board of Trustees of the Aspen Institute.. He is now the Honorary President of Aspen Institute Central Europe. Since September 2015, he is the Director of the Václav Havel Library. He is also a member of the board of the New York-based Vaclav Havel Library Foundation. Literary work He translated more than fifty works of fiction, drama and poetry, of mostly contemporary American and British writers, including works by James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, Joseph Heller, E.L. Doctorow, Nadine Gordimer, Toni Morrison, Tom Stoppard et al. He translated films and short stories of Woody Allen, and wrote a monograph on his life and work (1990). He translated also non-fiction works by Henry Kissinger, Madeleine Albright, Joshua Muravchik et al. From Hebrew he translated the memoirs of Amos Oz A Tale of Love and Darkness. With his first wife he co-authored a play, The Poor Mouth (1985) based on a short novel by Myles na gCopaleen (Brian O'Nolan). He has written and published many essays and articles on foreign policy, current affairs and literature. He co-authored the book Freedom of Information in the Legal System of the Czech Republic (2002). In 2014, his biography of Václav Havel has been published both in Czech and English (Atlantic Books) and subsequently in more than ten other languages. References External links Embassy of the Czech Republic in the UK Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Embassy Czech London Facebook Aspen Institute Prague 1949 births Living people Diplomats from Prague Czech male writers Czech journalists Czech psychologists Charles University alumni McGill University Faculty of Science alumni Ambassadors of the Czech Republic to the United States Civic Democratic Alliance Senators Leaders of the Civic Democratic Alliance Ambassadors of the Czech Republic to Israel