delirium clemens

“Just over two weeks after the death of Vaclav Havel, another Czech literary figure who played a key role in his country’s Communist-era dissident movement, Josef Skvorecky, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 87.”

“Once upon a time, Skvorecky had been a vital force behind the intellectual and spiritual current that culminated in 1968’s pro-democratic Prague Spring. After the Soviets put an end to it all, Skvorecky and his wife Zdena Salivarova took refuge in Canada, where they founded the dissident publishing house 68 Publishers and lived ever since.”

Article on Skvorecky, the Nazis, and jazz (c) THE ATLANTIC, 2012

English obituary (c) THE GLOBE & MAIL, 2012

German obituary (c) FAZ, 2012

Portrait (c) PARIS REVIEW, 2013

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