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The paper, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Czech author Jan Vladislav, describes his literary activities in the field of poetry, prose, translation, literary criticism, essays and literary work for children and youth. The author describes Vladislav's work as an editor and publisher through which he co-created a parallel model of culture and literature during the normalization process in Czechoslovakia. One of the aims of the paper is to promote Vladislav's Slovak roots reflected in numerous literary works in which he returns to his childhood in Hlohovec. In addition to his broad literary, artistic, cultural and intellectual activities, and despite the fact that he is considered a figure of Czech literature, the paper comments on the generally overlooked inspiration which he drew from his birthplace. Therefore his name is not well-known in our cultural context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article commemorates 100 years since the birth of Michal Potemra, the Košice-born historian and one of the founders of the Slovak national retrospective bibliography. The author describes the difficult period of his student life and subsequent career in Hungary during World War II, as well as his professional specialization aft er the war and the 1948 coup in restored Czechoslovakia. Special attention is paid to his activities in the field of bibliography, starting from the modernization of the methods of bibliographic document processing and ending with the compilation of professional papers and selected bibliographies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that the sudden liberation of political and intellectual culture in Czechoslovakia has thrown the country's publishing industry into a state of ferment. Satisfying demand with large printings of serious books; Problems of labor disputes;Limited printing capacities; Potential paper shortages; Other problems; Conference held in late March on Czech literature.