CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Lamac, Miroslav [Translated by Geraldine Thomson] [Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak: Ceskoslovensko, Cesko-Slovensko) was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993].

(Book #ID 64008)

Published by Orbis Prague 1958. 1958.

Publisher's original russet card wrap covers. Quarto 9'' x 9''. Contains 140 printed pages of text with colour and monochrome illustrations and paintings throughout. In Very Good condition rubbing to the edges of the card covers, no dust wrapper as published. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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Ladislav Mnacko (28 January 1919 - 24 February 1994) was a Slovak writer and journalist. [Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak: Ceskoslovensko, Cesko-Slovensko) was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993].

(Book #ID 78301)

Published by Ceskoslovensky spisovatel Praha Probably First Edition 1965. 1965.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, black title and author lettering to the spine and to the upper panel. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 98 printed pages of Czech text. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the ends and corners. The reverse of the dust wrapper has a photograph and interview with the author, it will therefore not supplied in our archive acetate film protection. Ladislav Mnacko took part in the partisan movement in Slovakia during World War II. After the war, he was at first a staunch supporter of the Czechoslovak Communist regime and one of its most prominent journalists. However, being disillusioned, he became the regime's vocal critic, for which he was persecuted and censored. In the autumn of 1967 he went to Israel as a protest against the Czechoslovak stance during the Six-Day War, but returned to Czechoslovakia soon afterwards. After the invasion to Czechoslovakia by the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact in August 1968 he emigrated again, this time to Austria, where he lived for the next 21 years. Shortly after the fall of the communist regime in November 1989 he returned home to Czechoslovakia (January 1990). But subsequent political developments and the growth of nationalism in Slovak part of federation disappointed him. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia (1992), with which he strongly disagreed he moved to Prague. Died suddenly due to cardiac weakness during a short visit of Slovakia and was buried in Bratislava. Mnacko is one of the few Slovak writers of the 1950s and 1960s who were translated into the English language. Member of the P.B.F.A.

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