Inventory of the Petruška Šustrová papers, 1953-1997
18 May 1947 | Born |
1966-1969 | Studied Czech Literature and History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague |
December 1969 | Arrested, sentenced on subversion charges, and imprisoned for the two following years |
1971 | Released from prison and consequently denied the right to finish her studies at Charles University |
1971-1989 | Officially employed at a post office, then later worked as a cleaner, or was officially unemployed |
1972-1989 | Involved in the samizdat publishing activities of the Střední Evropa journal, also as a member of the editorial board, and in similar projects |
December 1976 | Signed Charter 77 (Charta 77) |
1985 | Became Speaker of Charter 77 |
1979-Present | Member, The Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted (Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných, or VONS) |
1989 | Rehabilitated on the charges of subversion from 1969 |
1989-1990 | Journalist, Independent Press Center (Nezávislé informační středisko) |
1990-1992 | Journalist, the Respekt weekly |
1990-1991 | Advisor and later Deputy Minister, Czechoslovak Ministry of Interior |
1992-present | Freelance journalist ( Lidové noviny and other periodicals), screenwriter (Czech Television documentaries on Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus) and translator (Paul Johnson's The Birth of the Modern, Norman Davies' The Isles: A History, and Anne Applebaum's Gulag: A History) |
1999 | Received the Karel Havlíček Borovský Prize for Journalism from the Czech Literary Fund |
1999-2004 | International Observer, elections in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus |
2004 | Received the Officer's Merit Cross of the Republic of Poland (Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) from President Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Jitka Bodláková's (Šustrová's mother) letters to Šustrová 1970
Šustrová's letters to Jitka Bodláková 1970-1971
Jan Frolík's letters to Šustrová 1970
Felipe Serrano's letter to Šustrová circa 1970
Pavel Šremer's letter to Šustrová 1970
Martin Šustr's letters to Šustrová 1970
Miscellaneous correspondence: obituaries of Pavel Wonka (1988) and Jan Frolík (1972), Václav Havel's handwritten invitation to his 55th birthday party (undated) and other announcements and invitations 1970-1989
Miscellany 1989, 1991 and undated
Photographs 1953-1997 and undated
1970-1979 and probably 1970s
1980-1989 and probably 1980s
1990-1997 and undated