Jiří Mucha: Writer, Journalist, War Correspondent
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: December 1, 2025, 19:00 – 21:00
We look back at Jiří Mucha (1915–1991) at a time when there is an urgent need for high-quality journalists, especially those who choose to work directly on the battlefield: war reporters. Although born into relatively privileged artistic circles, Mucha lived up to this premise, as he himself stated years later: “I always sought out life in its harshest form, so that I would have the right to write about it, and I never chose the easy way out. That would have meant losing it automatically.”
Mucha’s conviction that individuals are the authors of their own destiny also led to controversial moments, which will be discussed by Mucha’s daughter, artist Jarmila Mucha Plocková; her daughter and Mucha's granddaughter, Hispanic Studies expert Kateřina Garcia; Mucha’s biographer, journalist Jolana Šopovová; and journalist, author and editor of Mucha’s writings Stanislav Motl.
The debate will be chaired by literary and film critic Jan Lukeš.