{"id":1807,"date":"2014-03-29T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/%20rroma.org\/29-03-2014-rroma-writer-hejkrlikova-giving-rroma-a-voice\/"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:48:27","slug":"29-03-2014-rroma-writer-hejkrlikova-giving-rroma-a-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/29-03-2014-rroma-writer-hejkrlikova-giving-rroma-a-voice\/","title":{"rendered":"29.03.2014 Rroma writer Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1: giving Rroma a voice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">Fischer (2014) reports \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ton Jana Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1, a Rromni writer from the Czech Republic. She experienced life \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbefore and after the Prague Spring. She describes the political event as a \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tturning point in her life and that of many other Rroma: \u201c<em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">When I was little, my life was very different than elsewhere in the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCzech Republic<\/em>\u201d, translates Veronika Pato\u010dkov\u00e1, co-initiator of the book \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttour, the conversation into German. Jana Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1 lived together with her \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmother, siblings, uncles, aunts and cousins in a house. <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cYou could not disguise or retreat yourself. They were all around you.\u201d \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe law of the Roma provides for that. The family as a refuge, as a home. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHowever, the situation changed with the so-called normalization after the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrague Spring. Large Roma families were torn apart, resettled into small \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfamilies. \u201cSince, I have lived in two worlds\u201d, says Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1. [ &#8230; ] \u201cIn \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tschool, we had to pretend as if we were Czechs\u201d, she says. Their language was \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprohibited. Most Roma children were sent to special schools, which often still \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\thappens today.\u201d<\/em> For Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1, it is important to point out to the public \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthat there are Rroma writers too. She aims to deconstruct prejudices with her \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbooks and to demonstrate similarities between Rroma and Gadje (compare Weser \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKurier 2014).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fischer, Frauke (2014) Stadtgespr\u00e4ch: Roma-Autorin Jana Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1 ist in \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tzwei Welten aufgewachsen \u201eMeine Prosa ist ein Ged\u00e4chtnis\u201c In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Weser Kurier online<\/em> vom 27.3.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weser-kurier.de\/bremen_artikel,-Meine-Prosa-ist-ein-Gedaechtnis-_arid,814054.html\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/www.weser-kurier.de\/bremen_artikel,-Meine-Prosa-ist-ein-Gedaechtnis-_arid,814054.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Weser Kurier (2014) \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRoma-Autoren erz\u00e4hlen. In: <em style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Weser Kurier \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tonline<\/em> vom 23.3.2014. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weser-kurier.de\/region\/verden_artikel,-Roma-Autoren-erzaehlen-_arid,810102.html\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\">http:\/\/www.weser-kurier.de\/region\/verden_artikel,-Roma-Autoren-erzaehlen-_arid,810102.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fischer (2014) reports on Jana Hejkrl\u00edkov\u00e1, a Rromni writer from the Czech Republic. 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