An interview with the Roma writer Michal Šamko. He published his first Roma-Czech poem at the end of the nineties in the magazine Mladý svět. He returned to it fully only after meeting the Romani writer Milena Hübschmannová, who made him write in Romanes as well. Since then, Michal Šamko (56) has published not only in the journal of Romani studies Romano džaniben, but also in the monthly magazine for world literature PLAV.

He says “They yelled ‘gypsy filth’ at me at school. What’s worse is that they scold my granddaughter in the same way.”

Sad.

• „Pokřikovali na mě ve škole cikánská špíno. Horší je, že podobně nadávají mé vnučce,” říká romský spisovatel Michal Šamko. In: Hatefree. 30.09.2023. https://www.hatefree.cz/clanky/pokrikovali-na-me-ve-skole-cikanska-spino-horsi-je-ze-podobne-nadavaji-me-vnucce-rika-romsky-spisovatel-michal-samko