Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 02:36:19 +0200There’s something queer about Czech writinghttps://english.radio.cz/theres-something-queer-about-czech-writing-8231693© 2026 Radio Prague International In communist days, writing inspired by love and passion between people of the same sex was largely taboo, and even today lesbian and gay writing in the Czech Republic tends to be ignored, despite having a long and rich tradition. Things are no better when it comes to translations of lesbian and gay poets and novelists into Czech. But the translator Sylva Ficová is trying to put things right, translating both into Czech and from Czech to English. She tells us more in this week’s Czech Books with David Vaughan. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/brabcova_rok_perel.jpg?timestamp=1590611841 There’s something queer about Czech writing https://english.radio.cz/theres-something-queer-about-czech-writing-8231693 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9