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(1973) is a Czech translator and journalist and an editor of the literary monthly Host.
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Letting in the light
The most recent novel of British author Simon Mawer centres around a Czech family and their house, a fictional reworking of Mies van der Rohe's Villa Tugendhat in Brno. A discussion with the writer about real and literary buildings, Brno, and about uncertainty in art. [more]
Anti-communism in a post-communist country
How progressive tendencies become regressive
Whether irrational or calculated, anti-communism in the Czech Republic distracts from more pressing problems. The Czech communist party might be an anachronism, but to ostracize it only prolongs its existence. [more]
The EU is not a sacred cow
A response to Samuel Abraham
The question is not how we can protect the EU from demagogic leaders, but how the EU can protect us from them, writes Marek Seckar. [more]
I always try to be an optimist
Interview with A. B. Yehoshua
"Host" talks to Israeli novelist A.B. Yehoshua, a Zionist but also an uncompromising critic of Israeli policy who advocates the return of East Jerusalem to the Palestinians: "History has taught us that everything is possible." [more]
"Water is more dangerous than the rise of Islam..."
Interview with Dutch writer Margriet de Moor
Although often using female heroines in her novels, Margriet de Moor finds pigeonholing literature into male and female categories is a pointless exercise. "The social issue of women suffering under a male dominance -- no, I don't find it terribly interesting." [more]
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