Freedom for Publishing, Publishing for Freedom (Central European University Press Book) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858660556 ISBN 13: 9781858660554

Publisher: Central European University Press, 1995

Synopsis

This is an assessment of the Central and East European Publishing Project, an initiative designed to support embattled Central and East European publishers and journals, and to punch holes through the cultural Iron Curtain by encouraging translations. The nine years of its existence straddle the largest watershed in European history since 1945, and the Project's history - told here by some of its leading participants - illuminates the nature of the recent changes in Central and Eastern Europe.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Oxford-based Central and East European Publishing Project was a remarkable initiative to support embattled Central and East European publishers and journals, and to punch holes through the cultural iron curtain by encouraging translations and a 'common market of the mind' between East and West. The nine years of its existence straddle the largest watershed in European history since 1945, and the Project's history - told here by some of its leading participants - illuminates the nature of the recent changes in Central and Eastern Europe. In a vivid personal account, Timothy Garton Ash recalls the work of the Project, ranging from smuggling in subsidies to underground journals and samizdat publishers in the pre-1989 period to supporting high-quality translations and East-West workshops in the period after 1989. Also included are an Introduction in which Ralf Dahrendorf, Chairman of the Project, reflects on the importance of both publishing and foundations for a healthy civil society; an annotated catalogue of the Project's work, prepared by Elizabeth Winter; and a detailed and original report by Richard Davy on the state of publishing in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, with suggestions for further Western help.

About the Author:

Timothy Garton Ash is a writer and founder of the Central and East European Publishing Project

About this edition

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1858660556
• ISBN 13: 9781858660554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204
• Editor: Ash Timothy Garton