From Čapek to the Present: 100 Years of the Czechoslovak PEN Club

Name: From Čapek to the Present: 100 Years of the Czechoslovak PEN Club
Uploaded: 2025-02-21T11:33:36+00:00
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Description: Karel Čapek founded the PEN Club with the intention of protecting freedom of speech and the press, becoming its chairman. He was succeeded by figures such as Ivan Klíma, Jiří Stránský, and the current chairman, Ondřej Vaculík. On 15 February 1925, 38 Czech writers met at the Louvre café in Prague, and Karel Čapek shared

Photo: České centrum Mezinárodního PEN klubu

Karel Čapek founded the PEN Club with the intention of protecting freedom of speech and the press, becoming its chairman. He was succeeded by figures such as Ivan Klíma, Jiří Stránský, and the current chairman, Ondřej Vaculík.

On 15 February 1925, 38 Czech writers met at the Louvre café in Prague, and Karel Čapek shared information about the PEN Club in England with them.

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