Mene Tekel: Prison Poetry from Karel Pecka to Ivan M. Jirous
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: February 26, 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
The evening will look at the phenomenon of prison poetry from communist labour camps and prisons between 1948 and 1989. The creators of the programme, literary historians Barbora Čiháková and Petra Loučová, will focus on various forms of this specific genre. They will also present the fates of selected authors, including both established and emerging poets, as well as political prisoners who are today unknown.
The event is being held as part of the 18th annual international festival against totalitarianism Mene Tekel in cooperation with the Institute for Czech Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and the association Političtí vězni.cz.