České slovo (English: Czech/Bohemian Word), also known as Svobodné slovo (English: Free Word) was a Czech daily newspaper, founded and continuously published in Prague since 1907, by Publishing House Melantrich, until its cancellation in 1997. The newspaper was founded by Union of National Social Workers of National Social Party led by Václav Klofáč and Jaroslav Šalda.[1] The newspaper was banned several times between 1915 and 1918, 1939 and 1945 and nationalised from 1948 to 1990. During the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, Josef Pejskar and Council of Free Czechoslovakia published a version for the Czechoslovak exile (1955–1990).[2]
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 Cover of České slovo (22 September 1938), with the headline reporting Munich Agreement | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Berliner |
| Owner(s) | Melantrich, Graphics and Art Institute of the National Social Party |
| Founder(s) | |
| Publisher | Publishing House Melantrich |
| Founded | 1907 |
| Language | Czech |
| Ceased publication | 1990 (as exile České slovo) 1997 (as Slovo) |
| Headquarters | Wenceslas Square 36, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Country | Austria-Hungary Czechoslovakia Czech Republic |
In 1990, the newspaper was renamed "Slovo" ("Word") and later was closed down due to bad privatisation of Melantrich in 1997.[3]
One of its journalists was František R. Kraus.
See also
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edit- ^ Chaloupka, Otakar (2005). Příruční slovník české literatury. Prague, Czech Republic: Kosmas. ISBN 80-86785-03-3.
- ^ Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů. "České slovo - měsíčník vydávaný exulanty v Německu" (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- ^ "Osud Melantrichu zřejmě dále nejasný". HospodářskéNoviny.cz (in Czech). 1999-03-24. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
- Libuše Pešková: Publikační činnost nakladatelství Melantrich od založení do vzniku 2. světové války (Publication activities of Melantrich until World War II), Charles University, 1975. A diploma work with complete bibliography from the 1918-38 period. (Czech)