Přítomnost
Přítomnost (German present ) is a Czech political and cultural magazine that now appears exclusively on the Internet.
history
The magazine was founded in 1924 by Jaroslav Stránský. It was supposed to support democracy in young Czechoslovakia. President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk participated in the publication from the beginning. Ferdinand Peroutka became the first editor-in-chief . Numerous authors contributed, including Karel Čapek , Milena Jesenská , Karl Kraus , Karel Poláček , Richard Weiner , František Langer , Fráňa Šrámek , Eduard Bass , Václav Černý and Otokar Fischer . In 1939 Peroutka was imprisoned by the National Socialists and the magazine was discontinued. Attempts by Peroutkas to reestablish the business after the war were ruined by the February coup in 1948.
After the Velvet Revolution , the Přítomnost appeared as a monthly newspaper from 1990. In 1994 it became a supplement to the Literární noviny . In 1995, the founder's grandson, Martin Jan Stránský, began to publish the magazine again independently and under the name Nová Přítomnost ( New Present ). The following year, the English-language counterpart The New Presence was launched. In 2000 they returned to the original title. Since 2010 the Přítomnost has only appeared as an online magazine .
Web links
- Přítomnost
- The New Presence - English version