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In Mailbox this week: Charity projects covered on Radio Prague; the Czech
national tree; 'beer spa'; author Josef Skvorecky. Listeners quoted:
Marcel Voracka, Karin Roos, Anette Harris, Robbin McNeill, Jim and Barbara
Wolford, Stanley Vorce, USA; Jim Van Wyck, Nancy Nickle, Canada.
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ArtsJosef Skvorecky
Josef Skvorecky, author of many internationally acclaimed novels such as
The Bass Saxophone, The Engineer of Human Souls and The Miracle Game, is
one of the country's most renowned twentieth century writers. In this
week's Arts, we'll hear about his love for jazz, his experiences in
Communist Czechoslovakia, and why he thinks foreign readers can identify
with his work.
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Current AffairsJosef Skvorecky's literary academy opens this autumn
Up to now would-be Czech writers and journalists have honed their skills at the faculties of philosophy or journalism of Charles University. As of this autumn they finally have an alternative. In a groundbreaking initiative, the internationally renowned Czech-born writer Josef Skvorecky has set up an Academy of Creative Writing, the first institution of higher learning of this type in the Czech Republic. has more More
