Olga Fečová: The Day Was Short for Me
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 12, 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
Presentation of a book by Olga Fečová, a woman with indomitable energy who was a magnetic authority for a whole generation of Romanies.
In her memoirs Den byl pro mě krátkej (The Day Was Short for Me) she captures the idiosyncratic inhabitants of the vanished world of traditional settlements, Old Town apartment buildings with courtyard galleries and workers’ colonies in the border regions. After the war her family came to Bohemia for work and successfully integrated into local society without giving up their Romany traditions and values. Using the example of an individual story, she lays out the contours of the hitherto little-known story of Romanies in the Czechoslovak milieu.
Confirmed guest participants include the director of the Museum of Roma Culture, the historian and editor Jana Horváthová, and Katolický týdeník editor, literary scientist and critic Alena Scheinostová.
Chaired by the book’s editor Lenka Jandáková.
Organised by the Václav Havel Library in cooperation with the Kher and Paseka publishing houses.