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Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

Ivan Klima, the best Czech novelist of his generation, has died.

By Jonny Diamond | October 6, 2025

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

Writing Poetry Under Stalin: Samizdat and Memorization

"Worse Than a State Indifferent to Poetry was One Obsessed With It"

By Martin Puchner | November 2, 2017

A Short Story Smuggled Out of North Korea

A Short Story Smuggled Out of North Korea

From Bandi's (aka 'Firefly') Newly Translated Collection of Fiction

By Bandi | March 8, 2017

The Rise of the Cuban Literati: In Sunshine and In Shadow

The Rise of the Cuban Literati: In Sunshine and In Shadow

Reporting from the Most Important Book Fair in the Country

By Tillman Miller | March 2, 2016

Bohumil Hrabal: Of Beer, Whores, and Samizdat

Bohumil Hrabal: Of Beer, Whores, and Samizdat

On the Greatest Czech Writer of the Past Century

By Joshua Cohen | June 30, 2015

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