Remembering George Karnet – March 1, 2011 at 7 pm

Jiří Kárnet, Paris 1952A slide show and readings by family and friends.

George Karnet, Czech exile since 1948, was a journalist, poet, playwright and translator. He died on February 1, 2011 at age of 91 in New York City. Karnet was a friend and collaborator with prominent personalities of Czech theater and literature such as George­ Voskovec, Jan Werich, Emil F. Burian, Alfred and Emil Radok, Jan Grossman, Egon Hostovsky, Ferdinand Peroutka, and Pavel Tigrid. While in exile in Paris, he co-founded an influencial exile periodical Svedectvi­. In 1952, he relocated to New York where he also conributed to Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.

From the Program in Brief:

Sue Karnet…………… slides
Frantisek Listopad….. video message
Viktor Debnar………… audio message
Katerina Kyselica……. reading
Eduardo Arrocha…….. video message (1)
Andy Bragen…………. a tribute
Marek Seckar ………… video message (2)

Created by Sue Karnet.

Many thanks to our friends in Prague:

Viktor Debnar, editor of George Karnet’s book Posmrtny deni­k, and to Simon Pellar and Graeme Dibble, for their English translation.

listen to audio (in Czech):

Viktor Debnar’s interview on Czech Radio 3 – Vltava

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