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Month: January 2018

Emperor Joseph II

Emperor Joseph II

The most difficult period for the Czech people were 75 years into the 18 century. And the nation itself and its language and Czech literature stood in the doorway of his death. During this period, was not released a book in Czech language, and the Czechs themselves are not always use their native language. For example, the Czech intellectuals and aristocrats preferred to use the German language. As a result of such events in law at the time of Emperor Joseph II had all the prerequisites to ensure that completely eliminate the use of Czech society, as well as prohibit its use in the areas of education, that is to ban the teaching and the Czech language and Czech language. Which he did.

The Czech language is not used nor the Czech aristocracy, nor of the Czech intelligentsia. They preferred the German mother tongue. A grammar school at that time published a variety of leadership in which the Czech language was presented as a very lean and not sufficiently developed to ensure that it can be to some extent be used for communication, and even more so it is not suitable for teaching it. Thus, in deciding on the proclamation of the German language as a Austrian society, and Joseph II introduced the teaching of it in all secondary and higher education institutions in the Czech Republic. That his action caused a negative reaction from the Czech nation, that was the beginning of the revival not only of the Czech language, but the Czech nation as a whole.

Poetic Awakening

Poetic Awakening

That is incorrect. I am a writer by vocation and thanks to that little talent with which one is born, and then we "polish." Those who do not understand why now is not "my time writing" I will tell you that I am not a "Bartleby," I have no fear of publishing. Writer's Craft is not learned, but it gets better. Hence the question always whether there is ambivalence between the need to publish in recognition and the inability to publish as a way to escape the "stablishment contemporary literature." – Why the art world in general is governed by the ego and fierce disputes occur between peers? Envy is the worst of evils. Not all artists and writers are governed by the ego, but it is true that there many who just want to step on to friend or colleague to take away the "role", if it exists because I doubt it. Most are killed for being in all lists, but this is not the road. The reader is not "stupid" and knows what he reads, and warns him.

I always end up getting dealt a double blow from which. – I would like to appoint three poets that you have left a mark on your life so difficult answer when the poetic world is full of great writers who gave me happiness when I read them, and the reflections with which I could mature. Mention the great Antonio Machado, Gustavo Adolfo Becquer and Juan Ramon Jimenez, with his poetry because they were the trigger to my poetic awakening.