by Jan Knudtson | Jan 7, 2026 | Literary Ventures
Writer, teacher, and dissident Ivan Klima died on October 4 at the age of 94. He was born Ivan Kauders in Prague on September 9, 1931. His family changed their last name to one less German-sounding after World War II. Klima was not aware of his Jewish heritage until...
by Jan Knudtson | Nov 28, 2025 | Literary Ventures
Julie Sedivy’s latest book, Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love, is a lyrical, wide-ranging combination of memoir (she recently marked her fiftieth birthday), scientific exploration, and cultural commentary. She describes herself as a “language scientist” who has...
by Jan Knudtson | Oct 15, 2025 | Literary Ventures
A Bohemian Girl in America is a charming memoir written by Emily M. K. Polášek about moving from Bohemia and settling in the United States with her parents and five brothers in 1910, when Emily was thirteen years old. To avoid conscription of their sons, Teresa and...
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