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Re: Verne banned?

From: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 07:56:59 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Dear Alex,
according to the 2005 study by late Mr. Horak on the most celebrated Czech publisher of Verne, during Nazi occupation of Czech Republic, the stock of Claudius Bombarnac was confiscated because Germans were badly depicted in the character of Baron Weisschnitzdöfer. New editions of Verne were prohibited, bacause he was French.
During

> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Alex Kirstukas <infernalnonsense~at~yahoo.com>
> Předmět: Verne banned?
> Datum: 23.9.2011 17:31:30
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> Hi all,
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> Here in the U.S. we're "celebrating" Banned Books Week (assuming something as
> frustrating as censorship can really be "celebrated"). Which leads me to wonder,
> out of curiosity: have JV's books, or translations thereof, ever been banned in
> any country? If so, what reason was given?
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> I'm not thinking here of Hetzel's extensive political squeamishness, or that of
> so many English translators (Axel becoming the English Harry, Kingston's Nemo
> becoming a British Imperialist, etc.). Rather, have any published editions of
> Verne been banned governmentally?
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> Alex
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