At the Festival of the World of the Book in Prague, there was a pretty stuffy atmosphere last weekend. Boss Slovak Literary Center (SLC) Gustáv Murín he got into a dispute with the audience. As part of the debate, he described feminism as a totalitarian ideology and Václav Havel as a puppet of other powers. The video was posted on the social network of the weekly Respekt.
Murin has included feminism in the same category as Nazism and Communism. The head of SLC is also the author of the book Demolition of our Democracy – from Havel to Šimečka. On the margo of his work he said that the former Czechoslovak and Czech President Havel was a puppet of foreign powers. “He was convinced x times that he was a puppet of other powers,” Murin said. In the audience, it then slammed. “Shame on! Uga,“Shout someone.
Murín’s statements with our neighbors have a deal. Radovan Auer, director of the International Book Fair and Literary Festival, addressed a letter to Minister of Culture Martina Šimkovičová. He could not say the crooked word to cooperate with SLC, which falls under her ministry, but it has changed now.
“Unfortunately, I cannot say this a short visit to the current director of the Slovak Literary Center, Mr. Murin, who, in his public performance and communication with the media, committed a number of offensive and nonsensical statements. They are published and I do not want them and I will not mention them, they touched many citizens of the Czech Republic, including me, ” writes Auer.
He added that the fair is based on the values of open discussion and exchange of views. “Nevertheless, the statements of Mr. Murin, who was the official, top -ranking representative of the Slovak Republic in the world, will come completely inappropriate. I believe it was not the official opinions of your ministry“he stressed.
At the end of the letter, he expressed a request that the presentation of Slovak literature at the Prague Fair, as well as other world book forums to be provided by the employees of the Literary Center, who, according to him, do it professionally and knowledgeable. “If you care about the good relations of Czech and Slovak culture, Mr. Murin no longer send us to us“He bequeathed to the Slovak Minister of Culture.
