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Author: Josef Čermák (CzechFolks.com PLUS)

Last April, the Czech writer, Blanka Kubesova, paid in Pozitivni noviny a tribute to Mirko Janecek and his newspaper, Kanadské Listy. In her story, which also displayed several interesting photographs from her archives, Blanka Kubesova mentions that last year - after 42 years - Mirko Janecek ceased publication of Kanadske Listy, a newspaper he took over from I. J. Sharoun and first published in mimiographed form and later, as a printed monthly. For his important publishing work, Mirko received a number of awards, including M. R.ŠStefánik Award, recognition by the Royal Air Force and the highest Scout honor, the Silver Wolf Award. Kubesova recalls that some twenty-three years ago she visited Canada at the Janecek family’s invitation to read at the Janecek’s home excerpts from her work, but ended reading from the works of exiled writers as well and finished reciting poetry of the then recently deceased Nobel Prize winner, Jaroslav Seifert. While in Toronto, Kubesova met a number of exiles, including the publisher and editor of the Toronto bi-weekly, Satellite, and author of this note. She also recalls that it was at Janeceks’ home that she was accorded one of the greatest honors of her life: a young girl telling the audience that the first book she ever finished, was written by - Blanka Kubesova.

I have known Mirko Janecek since around 1951 or 52. I have no doubt that newspapers attracted him since his early youth in Czechoslovakia. In Canada, he produced his first newspaper (on cyclostyle) as early as 1949. In the early fifties of the last century he was among those, who assisted at the birth of Novy domov (Kubesova writes that Janecek edited Novy domov in the sixties). In 1955 he assisted in the establishment of another newspaper, Nase Hlasy and in 1967 started to publish Hlas nových (the Voice of the Newcomers) a newspaper which later merged with Kanadske Listy.

Czech/Slovak Expatriates (1): Dr. Premysl Pelnar HERE

Czech/Slovak Expatriates (2): Dr. Jarmila Knopova HERE

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Česká verze zde

Čeští/slovenští expati (1): Dr. Přemysl Pelnář ZDE

Čeští/slovenští expati (2): Dr. Jarmila Knopová ZDE

Photos: author

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