Antonín J. Liehm facts for kids
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Antonín Jaroslav Liehm (born March 2, 1924 – died December 4, 2020) was a writer, publisher, and translator from what was then Czechoslovakia. He lived in Paris for many years. He was known for starting a European culture magazine called Lettre International in 1984. Even though the French version of the magazine stopped, the German version is still published today.
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The Life of Antonín J. Liehm
Early Life and Studies
Antonín J. Liehm studied political science in Prague. This is a field where you learn about how governments work and how societies are organized. He finished his studies in 1949.
Starting Kulturní politika
In 1945, Liehm helped start a weekly magazine called Kulturní politika, which means "Cultural Politics". He worked with Emil František Burian on this project. The magazine supported the communist ideas of the time.
Later, the Czech Writers' Association took over the magazine. Liehm also got a job in the press department of the foreign ministry. However, he lost his job at both the ministry and the magazine in 1952. This happened after a difficult political trial involving the foreign minister, Vladimír Clementis. Liehm was hired back in 1956 but then let go again in 1960.
Working at Literární noviny
In 1960, Liehm began working at Literární noviny, a literary magazine. He became the editor in 1960 or 1961. Under his leadership, the magazine became very popular. Its circulation, or the number of copies printed, went up to 130,000 per issue.
Many famous writers worked closely with Liehm at this time. These included Ludvík Vaculík, Milan Kundera, Jan Procházka, Pavel Kohout, and Ivan Klíma. The magazine stopped publishing after the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. This event also ended the period known as the Prague Spring, a time of political changes in Czechoslovakia.
Moving to Paris and Lettre International
In 1969, Liehm moved to Paris, France, with his wife, Drahomíra N. Liehm. He taught for a while in the USA at Richmond College-CUNY. In 1982, he and his wife returned to Paris. There, he taught at the Paris Diderot University and later at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales. He also taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1983.
In 1984, Liehm started the magazine Lettre International with writer Paul Noirot. Liehm explained that the magazine's idea was to take a good article, no matter where it came from, and surround it with other texts. These other texts would help explain or comment on the main article. He said their goal was to create "a play of mirrors around a text."
In 2013, he moved back to Prague from Paris. He passed away in 2020 at the age of 96.
See also
In Spanish: Antonín J. Liehm para niños
