Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 02:47:21 +0200https://english.radio.cz/robert-mccrum-bringing-out-havel-and-kundera-8175841© 2026 Radio Prague International In his twenty years as editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber and Faber, Robert McCrum introduced some of the best Czech writers, including Václav Havel, Milan Kundera and Josef Škvorecký, to English speaking readers. This was in the days before the fall of communism and his visits to Czechoslovakia involved a cat-and-mouse game with the authorities. A few days ago Robert McCrum returned to the Czech Republic, to see how the country is faring on the eve of the fortieth anniversary of the Soviet-led invasion. He spoke to David Vaughan. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/mccrum_robert.jpg?timestamp=1590489799 https://english.radio.cz/robert-mccrum-bringing-out-havel-and-kundera-8175841 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9