A Book About Hana
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 17, 2022, 19:00 – 21:00
On this state holiday we will introduce a new publication about Hana Jüptnerová (1952–2019), a dissident and Charter signatory who was a German teacher in Jilemnice and Vrchlabí. She said it felt “like a cleansing bath” when she visited the nearby. Hrádeček, where Václav Havel lent her books. Her inspirational, independent attitude – seen for instance at the memorable funeral of Pavel Wonka in May 1988 – continued after the revolution, when she endeavoured to help repair Czech-German relations. In 2017 she received the Stories of Injustice Prize from People in Need.
Knížku o Haně (A Book About Hana), an album comprising 67 photographs accompanied by texts, will be presented by its author Tina Stroheker, a German poet and close friend of Hana’s, as well as translator Jonáš Hájek.