Culture
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Czech film Protektor takes top prize at US film festival
The new Czech film Protektor has begun delivering on high expectations with a win at the Starz International Film Festival in Denver, Colorado. The Krzysztof Kieślowski…
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Czech history through a glass darkly
Hello and welcome to Czech Books. This week we're discussing the novel The Glass Room, by Simon Mawer, one of this year's nominations for the prestigious Man Booker prize…
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Historian discusses key moments in 200-year existence of Prague Conservatory
The Prague Conservatory – teaching music and acting – is one of the oldest and most remarkable secondary schools of its type in Central Europe. Dating back roughly 200…
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Prayer for Marta singer Kubišová recalls dramatic comeback during 1989's Velvet Revolution
Modlitba pro Martu, A Prayer for Marta, is a song that for many people will be forever associated with Czechoslovakia’s Velvet Revolution of 1989. Performed by the 1960s…
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Talks with Joan Baez, Lou Reed and Suzanne Vega: musicians of the revolution era
Celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution began at the weekend and, of course, they began with Václav Havel. The dissident playwright cum…
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Czech Republic loses renowned photographers: Sitenský, Reich
The Czech Republic has lost two renowned photographers, Ladislav Sitenský and Jan Reich, both of whom died at the weekend, the former at the age of 90, the other at just…
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How the Velvet Revolution overturned the literary landscape
Writers were at the forefront of the Velvet Revolution. But when the dust settled on the political changes they found a fast changing publishing revolution underway that…
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Ivan Klíma: a sceptic in the era of entertainment culture
The 78-year-old novelist, Ivan Klíma, is one of the best known and most widely translated of all Czech writers, with novels like “Love and Garbage”, “Judge on Trial” or “…
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Normal Festival brings films by and about mentally handicapped to broader public
The Normální Festival or Normal Festival features films about people with learning disabilities and films made BY the mentally handicapped, and this year’s edition – the…
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Cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček turns 75
One of the greatest legends of Czech cinema, director of photography Miroslav Ondříček, turned 75 on Wednesday. Twice an Academy Award nominee, he made over 40 movies in…
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Festival of post-1989 Czech film at Lincoln Center in New York
Some of the most important Czech films since 1989 have been screened in a kind of mini-festival that has just come to a conclusion at the famed Film Society of Lincoln…
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Žlutý Pes: a dogged feature of the Czech rock scene
This month’s Music Profile features the Czech rock band Žlutý Pes— which translates as Yellow Dog. They have been one of the most successful and longest lasting features…
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