RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Novotný, Vladimír
T1 The Mysterious Mr Bigstain and Price Pause the Miloslav Švandrlík Prize
JF Bohemica Olomucensia
YR 2024
VO 16
IS 1
SP 142
OP 151
DO 10.5507/bo.2024.013
UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-202401-0011.php
AB In 2012, under the auspices of the Writers' Association, the Prize for Humorous Literature was established, named after the popular representative of this genre, Miloslav Švandrlík (1932-2009). Initially, it was awarded annually, but its rules and especially the composition of the individual juries have changed. Eventually, there was even a "price pause", with the year relating to books published in 2021 being initially omitted and then merged with the following year. The consequences of this "price pause" are summarised in a framework with reference to the books by the pseudonymous Sigi Bigstain, who created a humorous trilogy about the fate of the contemporary Švejk, representing the grandson of the good soldier, from the pen of Jaroslav Hašek.