About this time in 1973, 45 years ago that is, I published my first article in the second issue of an obviously unknown London-based magazine, Index on Censorship. It had been launched in November 1972, to publish banned, imprisoned, silenced writers and artists in Eastern Europe and beyond. Very much a Western instrument in the Cold War, but it went further than that. Read the full article
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Forty-five years later, the censors are as busy as ever (Buenos Aires Times)
About this time in 1973, 45 years ago that is, I published my first article in the second issue of an obviously unknown London-based magazine, Index on Censorship. It had been launched in November 1972, to publish banned, imprisoned, silenced writers and artists in Eastern Europe and beyond. Very much a Western instrument in the […]
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