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Organization: Spolecenstvo, klub
J.R.R. Tolkiena (Michal Bronec, Horackova 1208, 140 00 Prague, Czech
Republic)
- Activities: The group is very informal. They have parties, go
walking in the woods, and poetry readings.
- Publication: Bard [Czech, irregular, none published in
1993]. Subscription cost is unknown.
Organization: Spolecnost
pratel dila pana J.R.R. Tolkiena (Filip Munz, Ant.Prochazky 48, BRNO
623 00 Czech Republic, tel. (42 5) 33 34 86 or Hynek Med, Lyskova 2073, Prague
155 00 Czech Republic tel. (42 2) 59 61 57)
- Activities: The Czech Tolkien Society (The Society of Friends of
the Work of J.R.R.Tolkien) was founded in Brno (the second largest city in the
Czech Republic) in 1992 - on the date of the 100th anniversary of Tolkien's
birth. We hereby present some information on these activities. The most
important Society's activity seems to be the publishing of the magazines: The
newsletter called The Palantír provides news on the current activities
within the Society, reports of the events past and announcements of those
under way, and brief articles on J.R.R. Tolkien's work and people connected
with him. Thorin, the literary journal of the Society, comprises mostly
the translations of passages from J.R.R. Tolkien's books unpublished so far in
this country, specialized articles on Middle-Earth (including both
translations and original work), reviews of the Professor's and other fantasy
books and the members' own writing. It regularly includes a chapter from
Basic Quenya textbook. In addition, the members of the Society, who
come from different parts of both the Czech and Slovak Republics, have the
opportunity to gather at regular meetings four times a year. These are: the
Celebration of the Destruction of the Ring in the end of March; outdoor game
motivated by The Lord of the Rings in June; the Bilbo and Frodo's
Birthday in September; and last but not least, the Congress of the Czech
Tolkien Society in the beginning of December in Brno, held as a part of the
annual SF&F fans' meeting Dracon. The principal aim of the meetings is to
enable close personal contact of the members; however, many enjoy the
interesting lectures, exciting games and thrilling fencing tournaments held on
these occasions, as well as the pompous feasts. The members of the Society are
also allowed to make use of its library. It comprises all the official (and a
number of unofficial) Czech publications of Tolkien's work and majority of the
important writing by and about J.R.R. Tolkien available in English. In large
cities, regular member's meetings are held (at places called after the English
model, the smials). The other activities of the C.T.S. include maintenance and
distribution of the address-list of the members, publishing of additional
material, contact with the Czech publishers of Tolkien's books, the Tolkien
Society in the UK and the Mythopoeic Society in the USA and work towards
greater general knowledge about John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's work in the Czech
Republic.
- Publications: The Palantír [Czech, quarterly]. Thorin
[Czech, quarterly]. Subscription cost is $7 or by exchange.
This content was originally written by Hildifons Took (Sumner Hunnewell) more than a decade ago, and is reprinted here with permission.
Please see Tolkien Fannish and Scholarly Activities and Publications for 1993 for the main article page.
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Australia,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Austria,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Belgium,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Byelorussia,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Czech and Slovak Republics,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Denmark,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Finland,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - France,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Germany,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Hungary,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Italy,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Japan,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - The Netherlands,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Norway,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Poland,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Russia,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Spain,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Sweden,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Switzerland,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Turkey,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - Ukraine,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - United Arab Emirates,
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Tolkien Activities 1993 - The United Kingdom,
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and Tolkien Activities 1993 - The United States.
Tolkien Activities 1993 - Addenda of groups not listed for 1992.
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