Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 03:45:47 +0200https://english.radio.cz/lubomir-doruzka-legendary-music-journalist-and-translator-western-literature-8554884© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalLubomír Dorůžka first began writing about music seven decades ago when, during WWII, he produced a clandestine magazine on his greatest passion, jazz. The quintessential American art form was frowned upon by the Communists after their 1948 takeover of Czechoslovakia. However, in the relatively liberal 1960s Mr. Dorůžka was able to edit music magazines and play a very active role in international jazz organisations. As well as being a music journalist, he is also a renowned translator of American and British writers – and as a young man did many translations with his lifelong friend, the novelist Josef Škvorecký.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/doruzka_lubomir_0.jpg?timestamp=1741615182 https://english.radio.cz/lubomir-doruzka-legendary-music-journalist-and-translator-western-literature-8554884 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9