PEN klub v tisku Společnosti bratří Čapků
The PEN Club in the Publications of the Čapek Brothers’ Society

Summary/Abstract: The materials printed by the Čapek Brothers’ Society (Zprávy Společnosti bratří Čapků [Reports of the Čapek Brothers’ Society], Zpravodaj Společnosti bratří Čapků [Bulletin of the Čapek Brothers’ Society], Acta Čapkiana) repeatedly reflec¬ted the activity of the Czechoslovak PEN Club and both its contemporary and historical ties to the figure of Karel Čapek. The contributions published can be thematically divided between academic studies and informational pieces, which focused on the awarding of the PEN Club Prizes, introduced the authors to whom they were awarded and their relationship to Čapek, reviewed the conferences and discussion groups organized by PEN, and included photographic reportages from important events documenting the active role of the club in Czech literary life. In addition, mentions of PEN’s activities in the context of cultural and literary events were published there. The academic papers concentrated on Čapek’s work in the PEN International, his effort to connect Czech literature to the world context, and analyses of his concepts of freedom of speech and humanism as related to the PEN Club’s values. Other studies are focused on historical analyses of the importance of PEN in interwar Czechoslovakia and its relationship to Čapek’s legacy. The contributions in the Čapek Brothers’ Society publications, therefore, provide a valuable overview of the longstanding connection between the PEN Club and the society, both through historical studies and contemporary reports on its activity.

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