Slovenska Literatura (Mar 2016)
Creative and „Editing" Activities of Jaromír Šavrda and „Criticism" in Judgements and Criminal File
Abstract
The paper presents a stage in the life of Jaromír Šavrda (1933-1988), a writer, editor, journalist, dissident, the period of his trial in 1979. The way the „reception“ of the books and samizdat volumes was conducted by the State Secret Police is examined. The paper builds on archive materials made available for the first time (Jaromír Šavrda´s inheritence is stored in Ostrava City Archive), it goes through the materials, indictments, it quotes from extensive judgements. It focuses on non-literary pseudo-assessments of the books and samizdat volumes, which were confiscated during a police raid in Šavrda´s place and used to bring charges against him. Another variant shows a process of criminalizing literature, excluding and removing writings from literary communication.
