A traditional island of books in Trutnov festival’s sea of decibels

VÁCLAV HAVEL AND UNDERGROUND
10.00-11.30: Ondřej Němec: Václav Havel and underground

Projection by Ondřej Němec of his photographs, primarily work documenting Václav Havel, his interaction with the underground in the 1970s, the relatively informal early period of his presidency and the final years of his life. During the slide show, Ondřej Němec will also present his book Torzo (Torso) mainly comprising photographs taken in the 1970s and 1980s but affected by flooding years later.

THREE TIME UKRAINE!

11.30-12.00: Andriy Lyubka

Andriy Lyubka was born to Ukrainian parents in Latvia’s Riga. He was actively involved in all of the demonstrations during the Maidan events, using his poetry to warm the hearts of Ukrainians in the bitter cold.

He attended a lyceum with a focus on military and physical training before later studying Ukrainian philology at Uzhhorod State University, where he served for two years as chairman of the student parliament.

His political activism led to a 15-day spell in a Belarusian jail for demonstrating against the rigging of presidential elections in 2006.

Lyubka’s best-known poetry collections include “Eight Months of Schizophrenia” (2007), “Terrorism” (2009) and “40 Dollars with a Tip” (2012), while he also wrote the prose collection “Sleeping With Women” (2014). His work has been translated into Czech, Polish, Japanese, Serbian and other languages.

He has won several Ukrainian awards and has also been named “Zakarpattia’s most desirable groom of the year.”

12.00-12.30: Tetiana Okopna

12.30-13.00: Vojtěch Boháč

Program prepared by the VH Library and the organisation NESEHNUTÍ.

Tent of the Václav Havel Library: 15.30 Islam in the Czech Republic