Arnošt Lustig: A Round Table of Literary Scholars
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: December 9, 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
The grand opening of the international program FestivAL100, which is dedicated to the legacy of Arnošt Lustig, will kick off with a round table discussion with top literary scholars: Tomáš Kubíček, Michal Bauer and Ladislava Chateau. The discussion will focus on the contribution of Lustig’s work to Czech and world literature and cinema, his humanist message and the enduring relevance of his legacy.
Tomáš Kubíček is a literary scholar, historian and author of numerous studies on 20th-century Czech prose who teaches at Charles University in Prague as well as heading the Moravian Library in Brno. Michal Bauer is a literary historian, critic, editor and poet focused on 20th-century Czech literature. He teaches at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Writer and journalist Ladislava Chateau, who lives in a French-Czech milieu, often deals with the intersection of small and big history in her books. A winner of the Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for non-fiction, her latest book, dedicated to Lustig, is from 2024 and is titled Život nebo psaní? Arnošt Lustig v rozhovorech, zamyšleních a literárních textech (Life or Writing? Arnošt Lustig in Interviews, Reflections and Literary Texts).
Opening remarks will be delivered by Terezie Radoměřská, mayor of Prague 1.
Also in attendance will be Jiří Pospíšil, deputy mayor of Prague, and Eva Lustigová, chairwoman of the Arnošt Lustig Foundation.
Held with financial support from: Prague 1 City District, the Czech Literary Funds Foundation and the Jewish Community Foundation in Prague.