Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:57:25 +0200https://english.radio.cz/jan-stolba-magic-ordinary-things-8607206© 2026 Radio Prague International The F. X. Salda Award is named after one the key figures in the history of Czech writing. Salda, who lived from 1867 to 1937, was the father of modern Czech literary criticism, and had a huge influence on the development of Czech writing at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. So it is apt that the F.X. Salda award is given every year to literary and art critics who are felt to be continuing the tradition he began. This year it went to Jan Stolba, a man of many talents. He is probably best known as a jazz tenor saxophonist, but he is also a poet and one of the Czech Republic's most respected literary critics, whose writings on Czech poetry have been widely published. We met to discuss his love of poetry and music. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/stolba_jan.jpg?timestamp=1591405712 https://english.radio.cz/jan-stolba-magic-ordinary-things-8607206 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9