Thursday 9 October at 6 pm
Miloš Doležal (1970) is a leading Czech poet, writer and publicist. His book about the martyred parish priest Josef Toufar was named Book of the Year in the prestigious Lidové noviny poll in 2012, and his poetry collection Jana will soon be picking lime blossom, in which he emotionally deals with the untimely death of his wife, became the Magnesia Litera Book of the Year a few years ago. Doležal's journalistic activity is very rich, and in a somewhat simplistic way it can be said that he mostly deals with the fates of inconspicuous heroes, martyrs and people connected with his native Vysočina. Almost everything applies to the book There's no one here but me, in which he processed a total of ten stories of people and places of Jewish origin. The small stage is once again the Highlands, but the stories he pulls from the depths of the 20th century transcend the places where they took place in their meaning and message. What motivated Miloš Doležal to write these stories, what discoveries awaited him on his journey to find the chosen heroes, and much more should be revealed in the discussion he will lead with the well-known writer Martin Reiner. Admission is voluntary.