Rok 1938: Spisovatelé tančící mezi vejci
Jiří Hnilica, Pedagogická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy
Recenzovaný článek
s. 72–93 (obrazová příloha s. 214–217)
Licence CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63013/la.2025.04
1938: Authors Walking on Eggshells
Abstract:
This study reviews Czechoslovak writers’ engagement internationally as part of the
PEN Club in the interwar period, stressing the crucial year of 1938. It contributes to
the history of cultural diplomacy and to the history of the role of the intellectual in
modern times. After the end of the First World War, a strong faith in international
cooperation and the power of dialogue dominated Europe and was projected
onto the inception of the League of Nations and the International PEN Club (1921).
Authors from Czechoslovakia, especially Karel Čapek, played active roles in this
organization, but the hopes of the interwar era were thwarted by the onset of the
Second World War. The study investigates what role the PEN International may have
played in shaping public opinion during the crisis of 1938 and how the situation
developed between the time of the PEN International congress in Prague and the
Munich Agreement. Among other matters, the analysis is based on never-before
used material of French provenance deposited at the Institut Mémoires de l’édition
contemporaine (IMEC) [The Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives].
Thanks to this material, the study unveils the role played by the President of the
PEN International, Jules Romains, during the period under review.
Klíčová slova:
Mezinárodní PEN klub; Jules Romains; Karel Čapek; Benjamin Crémieux;
Mnichovská dohoda; kulturní diplomacie; intelektuálové
Keywords:
PEN International; Jules Romains; Karel Čapek; Benjamin Crémieux; Munich
Agreement; cultural diplomacy; intellectuals
Citace:
Hnilica, Jiří: Rok 1938: Spisovatelé tančící mezi vejci. Literární archiv 57, PEN klub a jeho autoři, 2025. Ed. Klára Krásenská, s. 72–93; https://doi.org/10.63013/la.2025.04.