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Petros Michopulos from Kecy&Politika described Radka Denemarková as his friend and, in his opinion, the most significant contemporary Czech writer. He wrote that Czech literature may not have had an author with such international reach for a hundred years, and expressed hope that she would win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He added that he published her speech in Frankfurt in the thread. #literatura #ČeskáSpisovatelka #NobelovaCena (translated)

At the Frankfurt Book Fair, Czech writer Radka Denemarková sharply criticized the ministers of culture for their influence on Czech culture, which elicited a stormy ovation from the audience and contrasted with the unpopular speeches of government representatives. #Literatura #Kultura #Demokracie (translated)

Oliver Adámek wrote that Budapest's mayor Gergely Karácsony recalled Václav Havel yesterday. According to Adámek, his text demonstrated how Havel transcended borders and how he is spoken of in Hungary. In the text, Karácsony mentioned that Havel would have turned 90 years old and that without him, the democratic transformation of Central Europe would have been unimaginable. His essay from the late 1970s on "the power of the powerless" inspired regime opponents in Hungary and Poland and remains a significant legacy. He added that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney referenced it this January when calling for cooperation among democratic middle-sized countries. Karácsony described Havel as a defender of human rights, Visegrad cooperation, and European unity. According to him, Havel understood Europe as a lasting intellectual, moral, and political task that each generation must revisit. #VáclavHavel #LidskáPráva #Demokracie (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that after sharing a statement from 40 editors-in-chief, he criticized the journalistic community for failing to unanimously agree on a rejection of violence and equal access to information sharing. He added that he generally expressed his personal opinion about those who repeatedly did not stand up for their colleagues. Subsequently, according to him, he received a number of insults and comparisons to communists. He emphasized that by not signing the statement, in his view, no harm was caused to anyone nor will it be. He stated that he did not plan to fire, kill, or hang anyone and did not prepare lists of inconvenient people. He thanked the remaining 39 editors-in-chief for supporting their colleagues across the field and apologized to them that the discussion had shifted in a different direction due to his contribution. He responded to criticism with several other apologies, including to podcast entrepreneurs, a former colleague, a Czech writer, and a former MEP. Regarding the former colleague, he recalled that for the last 10 years, the status of journalism had been labeled bad, despite the fact that they worked for the same media for six years, which the colleague led. He also mentioned that he apologized for his surname starting with the letter B, which he had for 37 years, and for the reference to Chinese spies. He also apologized to the media Euro, Info, Zdopravy, Okraj, and Chiptron, which he said were not invited to the statement, despite discussions about its wording lasting a month. He offered to connect anyone interested in adding their signature with the organizers, among whom he claimed he did not belong. In a note, he stated that he deleted the original post because he confused two writers and mistook a father for a son in connection with the anti-chart. He apologized for the error, yet called the comparison to the anti-chart inappropriate, stating that parallels with the communist past, in his view, did not help anything. #žurnalistika #svobodaSlova #politika (translated)

Martin Bartkovský stated that when he shared the statement from forty editors-in-chief, he did not expect the reaction it would provoke. He criticized that the journalistic community he addressed, according to him, was unable to unanimously agree even on rejecting violence in their relationship with politicians and on equal access to sharing information. He added that he expressed his personal judgment about those who repeatedly refused to stand up for their colleagues in an indirect manner. For that, he claimed to have received a number of insults and comparisons to communists; one of the people who signed the Anticharta wrote to him that he had never seen anything more disgusting. Bartkovský clarified that not signing the statement did not harm anyone and would not harm anyone, and he rejected the idea that he wanted to dismiss, threaten, or create lists of uncomfortable people. He thanked the remaining 39 editors-in-chief for their support for colleagues from the entire field and apologized to them for the discussion veering in a different direction due to his contribution. He then made a series of apologies that he delivered ironically: among other things, to podcast entrepreneurs for reminding him of something other than Chinese communism, to a former colleague for criticizing journalism at a time when they both worked in the same media for six years, and to a Czech writer for reminding him of his signature on the Anticharta. He also apologized to those who labeled him a "svazák" (a term for a member of the youth organization during the communist regime) and to a former Member of the European Parliament regarding his judgment about Bartkovský's character. He added that he also apologizes to the media outlets Euro, Info, Zdopravy, Okraj, and Chiptron, which, according to him, were not addressed, even though the text had been discussed for a month. He offered to connect interested parties with the organizers of the statement so that they could join him. #žurnalistika #komunikace #mediálníetiketa (translated)

The writer and politician Jeffrey Archer has died, who according to his publisher "suddenly and peacefully passed away" while writing, leaving behind a rich literary career and political activity as a centrist member of parliament. #JeffreyArcher #literárníikariéra #uměnívyprávět (translated)

Writer Radka Denemarková will open the Frankfurt Book Fair and will participate in several discussions and author readings, while the Czech Republic is this year's guest of honor at this prestigious cultural event. #RadkaDenemarková #FrankfurtskýKnižníVeletrh #ČeskáLiteratura (translated)

Oksana Zabužko, a Ukrainian writer, shared her personal experiences and views on the war at the Fall festival in Prague, where she emphasized that the Russian invasion is not a conflict but a violent attack, and called for a greater need for literature to name things by their true names. #OksanaZabužko #Ukrajina #literatura (translated)

Tomáš Doupal wrote that the writer Jiří Padevět, director of the Academia publishing house, holder of the Magnesia Litera award and author of several books about World War II, perfectly captured the state of not only Czech society. https://t.co/xhf7PCzZHp #knihy #literatura #druhásvětováválka (translated)

Czech writer Radka Denemarková will open the 78th Frankfurt Book Fair on October 6 with a speech, followed by a discussion and author reading, and there will also be a screening of a documentary about her life and literary work. #RadkaDenemarková #knižníveletrh #MagnesiaLitera (translated)

Czech popularizer of AI, writer, and entrepreneur Petr LUDWIG confirms that these are not just the words of alarmists, but a threat that is taken extremely seriously by the founders of this technology and the heads of the largest tech companies. #umeláinteligencia #rizikáAI #technológie (translated)

The author of the contribution stated that the writer, dissident, and signatory of Charter 77, Jáchym Topol, was convinced that Václav Havel would undoubtedly stand on the side of Ukraine today. In Studio N, according to the contribution, he said that Havel's support would be absolute. https://t.co/EdE0CQSCUw https://t.co/CzlZufW2W4 #JáchymTopol #VáclavHavel #Ukrajina #CZ #UA (translated)

Včera jsem prosil Plzeňáky o podporu v senátních volbách pro pana generála v.v. Karla Řehku. Dnes prosím o totéž Pražáky, z Prahy 1 a 7. Podpořte prosím skvělého člověka, spisovatele a nakladatele pana Jiřího Padevěta. A přečtěte si nějakou jeho knihu. Třeba Kroniku 3. republiky. #volby #podpora #kultura

Haitsko-kanadský spisovatel Thélyson Orélien čelí obvinění, že jeho debutový román C'etait ça ou mourir byl napsán umělou inteligencí, což vyvolalo debatu o rasové a literární identitě, přičemž jeho vydavatelé se ho zastali a potvrdili autenticitu jeho díla. #ThélysonOrélien #uměláinteligence #literatura

Haitsko-kanadský spisovatel Thélyson Orélien čelí obvinění, že jeho oceňovanou knihu napsala umělá inteligence, což vyvolalo debatu o literárních hodnotách a rase na francouzské literární scéně, přičemž jeho vydavatelé stojí za jeho autenticitou. #LiterárníDebata #UměláInteligence #Rasismus