Jan Faktor established a center for the independent literary scene in the GDR in the 1980s. His own writings contributed to this scene, while at the same time challenging its conventions and standards. His pre-mortem bequest (estate) to the Akademie der Künste (Academy of Arts) contributes to better understanding the independent literary scene in the GDR, the ties among authors and texts, as well as its limitations.

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Atrašanās vieta:
- 10115 Berlin Robert-Koch-Platz 10 , Germany
Temati:
Izveidošanas datums:
- 2012
Nozīmīgi vienumi:
- Audio record of a reading, 14 October 1983
- Graphics for an invitation card

Jaromír and Dolores Šavrda Collection

The Jaromír and Dolores Šavrda Collection consists mostly of materials documenting the life and work of Jaromír Šavrda (1933–1988), a Czech journalist, writer, political prisoner and significant representative of dissent in Ostrava. Parts of the collection are, for example, Jaromír Šavrda’s biographical documents, his literary work including poetry written in prison, samizdat editions of his works as well as works written by other authors, manuscripts and typescripts of books and magazines, materials documenting his activities in dissent and his correspondence.

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Atrašanās vieta:
- Špálova 19, 702 19 Ostrava - Přívoz, Czech Republic
Temati:
Izveidošanas datums:
- 2012
Nozīmīgi vienumi:
- Václav Havel at the tomb of Jaromír Šavrda, Ostrava, 1990. Photo
- Šavrda, Jaromír. The Prisoner No. 1260, 1982. Manuscript

Jaroslav Seifert Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature

The personal collection of Czech poet, journalist, writer and the Nobel Prize laureate Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986) contains a unique correspondence, manuscripts, prints and clippings documenting the life of the important author, who was a critic of the communist regime from 1950 and a silenced poet and a representative of Czechoslovak independent literature after August 1968.

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Atrašanās vieta:
- Strahovské nádvoří 1, 118 38 Praha 1 - Hradčany, Czech Republic
Temati:
Izveidošanas datums:
- 1978
Nozīmīgi vienumi:
- Seifert, Jaroslav. All Beauties of the World, 1970/1975. Manuscript

Jindřich Chalupecký Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature

The Collection of Jindřich Chalupecký at the Museum of Czech Literature testifies to the life of this important literary and art critic who was “banned” during the communist regime and it represents a valuable source documenting the entanglements between non-official Czechoslovak art and leading world artists and theoreticians.

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Atrašanās vieta:
- Strahovské nádvoří 1, 118 38 Praha 1 - Hradčany, Czech Republic
Temati:
Izveidošanas datums:
- 1930
Nozīmīgi vienumi:
- Allen Ginsbergʼs address, 1965. Manuscript
- Chalupecký, Jindřich. Marcel Duchamp: A Re-Evaluation, 1981. Typescript

Jiří Gruša Collection at the Moravian Museum

The collection is an extensive set of materials documenting the culturally opposed activities of its author: a writer, a signatory of The Charter 77 and later a diplomat who was deprived of Czechoslovak citizenship during the Communist regime.

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Atrašanās vieta:
- Hudcova 76, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Temati:
Izveidošanas datums:
- 1940
Nozīmīgi vienumi:
- Draft of the Czechoslovak-German Treaty of Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation with Gruša´s comments