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(lit. "Presence") is a
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political-cultural magazine published in
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.


History

''Přítomnost'' was started in 1924. It was able to come into existence thanks to T. G. Masaryk (first Czechoslovakia's President), who at the time was financially supporting young journalist
Ferdinand Peroutka Ferdinand Peroutka (6 February 1895 – 20 April 1978) was a Czech journalist and writer. A prominent political thinker and journalist during the First Czechoslovak Republic, Peroutka was persecuted by the Nazi regime for his democratic convict ...
. The magazine gained a notable reputation and became one of the most respected political publication of its time. A large number of democratically minded authors such as
Karel Čapek Karel Čapek (; 9 January 1890 – 25 December 1938) was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel '' War with the Newts'' (1936) and play '' R.U.R.'' (''Rossum' ...
,
Milena Jesenská Milena Jesenská (; 10 August 1896 – 17 May 1944) was a Czech Republic, Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator. She is noted for her correspondence with the author Franz Kafka and was one of the first to translate his work from the ...
, Eduard Bass, Karel Poláček, Richard Wiener, Václav Černý,
Otokar Fischer Otokar Fischer (20 May 1883 – 12 March 1938) was a Czech literary historian, translator, poet and critic. He was born in Kolín, then part of Austria-Hungary. He made new translations of Goethe, Shakespeare and Villon. He was a professor at ...
contributed to Přítomnost. Politician and publisher Jaroslav Stránský was the magazine's publisher. The magazine gave voice to conflicting opinions on what to do with refugees during the late 1930s, with some arguing that they must be welcomed and integrated while others argued that they would serve a pretext for another German invasion and were doomed regardless. Jesenská in particular brought attention to the plight of Jewish refugees. After the
Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During Hitler's rise to power, it was frequen ...
, Peroutka was deported to a concentration camp in
Buchenwald Buchenwald (; 'beech forest') was a German Nazi concentration camp established on Ettersberg hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within the Altreich (Old Reich) territori ...
. After the War, ''Přítomnost'' was restarted as ''Dnešek'', but in February 1948 it ended. A number of young Czech intellectuals in exile tried to publish the magazine in its former incarnation and named it ''Skutečnost''. Amongst the contributors to this magazine were
Pavel Tigrid Pavel Tigrid (27 October 1917 – 31 August 2003) was a Czech Republic, Czech writer, publisher, author and politician. He is considered one of the most important personalities of the Czech exile journalism. Biography Pavel Schönfeld was born in ...
, Jaroslav Stránský, Meda Mládková and Ferdinand Peroutka.


Relaunch

In January 1995, Martin Jan Stránský, the grandson of Jaroslav Stránský, carried on the family tradition and began to publish ''Nová Přítomnost''. The first editor in chief of the renewed magazine was the poet
Miroslav Holub Miroslav Holub (; 13 September 1923 – 14 July 1998) was a Czech poet and immunologist. Holub's work was heavily influenced by his experiences as an immunologist, writing many poems using his scientific knowledge to poetic effect. His work i ...
. He was followed in this role by
Petr Pithart Petr Pithart (born 2 January 1941) is a Czech politician, lawyer and political scientist who served as Prime Minister of the Czech Republic (then a federal region of Czechoslovakia) from 6 February 1990 to 2 July 1992. He was also the Senator fo ...
, Jan Sokol, Tomáš Vrba, and Libuše Koubská. The current editors of the magazine are Ivan Malý and Martin Riegl. In January 2000, Nová Přítomnost went back to the original name of ''Přítomnost'' established by Peroutka. The magazine has published articles by some of the leading academics, writers, and journalists of the Czech Republic, including former Czech President
Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and dissident. Havel served as the last List of presidents of Czechoslovakia, president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until 1992, prior to the dissol ...
. In 1996, Stransky also started publishing an English-language version of the magazine under the title of ''The New Presence''.


References


External links


''Přítomnost'' Official website

''The New Presence'' Official website
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