Listy
The Czech and Slovak-language magazine Listy , which was published in Rome by Jiří Pelikán , was one of the most important opposition magazines in the Czechoslovak exile after 1968. "Listy" was also the name of the editorial and loose opposition group surrounding the magazine.
After the fall of the Prague Spring , a large wave of emigration began, which also included numerous politically interested activists. For many, the idea of continuing the ideals of the Prague Spring abroad played a big role. Jiří Pelikán, who was director of Czechoslovak television in 1968 and played a key role in the reform process, quickly made contacts while emigrating and began publishing Listy in Rome in January 1971 . The name alluded to the now banned cultural-political magazine Listy , formerly Literární noviny , in Prague .
In addition to the symbolic commitment from exile to the magazine, which is banned in his home country, he was also able to win over numerous former employees of the Prague editorial team. Members of the editorial team included a. Zdeněk Hejzlar , Milan Horáček , Karel Kaplan , Jiří Kosta , Karel Kyncl , Antonín Jaroslav Liehm , Artur London , Zdeněk Mlynář , Adolf Müller , Josef Pokštefl , Michal Reiman , Ota Šik and Vladimír Tosek , who edited the magazine. The difficult financial situation was partially resolved by the support of the Italian socialists from Bettino Craxi .
After the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989, the editorial team moved to Prague. Today it appears in Olomouc .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dušan Havlíček, Listy v Exilu [Listy in Exile], listy.cz/archiv
- ↑ Cesta Listů z Říma do Olomouce [Listy Road from Rome to Olomouc], HN.IHNED.CZ March 12, 2004, himed.cz (Czech)
Web links
- www.listy.cz Homepage of today's magazine