Andrej “Bandy” Šoltes: My Uzzhorod
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 27, 2016, 19:00 – 21:00
The Ukrainian writer Andrej Šoltes introduces his home city, whose history is bound to the fate of several generations of his ancestors who – though they never left Uzzhorod – were citizens of five different states. They survived WWII, endured prison and the camps as Soviet citizens and would rather not discuss the past…
Šoltes presents Uzzhorod as a fascinating crossroads, forever on the periphery and distant from current events. As a city for which the border plays a fatal role and where three or four languages are spoken. What changes and what persists? And how has the westernmost metropolis in Ukraine been impacted by the current war?
Uzzhorod Praguer Pavo Kryšenyk will interpret and also speak.