Without František Janouch Even the Sea Doesn’t Slosh

Bez Františka Janoucha ani moře nešplouchá (Without František Janouch Even the Sea Doesn’t Slosh) is the title of a new book, subtitled Mozaika výpovědi svědků jednoho neobyčejného života (A Mosaic of Testimonies of Witnesses to One Extraordinary Life), being presented at the Václav Havel Library on the occasion of the 85th birthday of František Janouch. A nuclear physicist after emigrating to Sweden Janouch set up the Charter 77 Foundation, which sent funds to help local dissidents in Czechoslovakia. Post-1989 he succeeded in finding a new role for the foundation, with the Barriers Account becoming one of the most significant Czech charity organisations.