Jaroslav Hutka

Jaroslav Hutka (born 21 April 1947 in Olomouc) is a Czech musician, composer, songwriter, and democracy and human rights activist. He was a signatory of Charter 77 and the 2008 Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[1]

Jaroslav Hutka
Background information
Born (1947-04-21) 21 April 1947
Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
GenresFolk
Websitehutka.cz

Hutka left Czechoslovakia in October 1978 due to persecution from the Communist authorities, and lived in exile in the Netherlands. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia on 26 November 1989, he returned to his native country.[2] His works include Citizen Havel (2008), Schritte im Labyrinth (1990) and Bratřícek Karel (2016).[3]

Early life

Hutka was born on 21 April 1947 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. His family was forced to leave their home when Hutka was five years old. Their house was made state property and the family of five consequently lived in one room adjacent to a police station.

Music career

In 1962, he began to study painting in Prague. He dropped out of school in 1966, and began performing music. Hutka and his friend Petr Kalandra were among the first to perform on Charles Bridge.[4] Hutka co-founded the music group Šafrán, which was together until 1977.[4] The StB pressured Hutka and his wife Daniela to emigrate to the Netherlands.

After the Velvet Revolution, Hutka returned to Czechoslovakia.[5] Hutka is still performing as a musician. He was interviewed by oral history organisation Post Bellum for their Stories of Our Neighbors project.

References
  1. "Prague Declaration - Declaration Text". Institute for Information on the Crimes of Communism. 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. Vladimír Cícha: Staříkovy zápisky … (15) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 07.11.2011
  3. Jaroslav Hutka
  4. "Jaroslav Hutka (1947) - Biography". Memory of Nations. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. "Jaroslav Hutka životopis". OSOBNOSTI.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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