Title: Freedom for publishing, publishing for freedom :
Authors: Garton Ash, Timothy.; Dahrendorf, Ralf,; Davy, Richard.; Winter, Elizabeth; Central and East European Publishing Project.
Date: 1995
Publisher: Central European University Press,
Physical description: 201 pages ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: Z
Abstract: "The Oxford-based Central and East European Publishing Project was a remarkable initiative to support embattled Central and East European publishers and journals, and to punch holes through the cultural iron curtain by encouraging translations and a 'common market of the mind' between East and West. The nine years of its existence straddle the largest watershed in European history since 1945, and the Project's history - told here by some of its leading participants - illuminates the nature of the recent changes in Central and Eastern Europe." "In a vivid personal account, Timothy Garton Ash recalls the work of the Project, ranging from smuggling in subsidies to underground journals and samizdat publishers in the pre-1989 period to supporting high-quality translations and East-West workshops in the period after 1989. Also included are an Introduction in which Ralf Dahrendorf, Chairman of the Project, reflects on the importance of both publishing and foundations for a healthy civil society; an annotated catalogue of the Project's work, prepared by Elizabeth Winter; and a detailed and original report by Richard Davy on the state of publishing in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, with suggestions for further Western help."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction / Ralf Dahrendorf -- The History of CEEPP / Timothy Garton Ash -- Catalogue of activity: Publications, Workshops and Fellowships supported by the Central and East European Publishing Project / Elizabeth Winter -- Publishing in the Visegrad countries in 1994: A report with suggestions for Western help / Richard Davy -- 100 Books which have influenced Western public discourse since the Second World War.
Subject headings (LCSH): Central and East European Publishing Project.; Europe, Central--Relations--Europe, Western.; Europe, Central--Relations--North America.; Europe, Eastern--Relations--Europe, Western.; Europe, Eastern--Relations--North America.; Freedom of information--Europe, Central.; Freedom of information--Europe, Eastern.; Publishers and publishing--Europe, Central.; Publishers and publishing--Europe, Eastern.; Underground literature--Europe, Central.; Underground literature--Europe, Eastern.; Underground literature--Publishing--Europe, Central.; Underground literature--Publishing--Europe, Eastern.