to mail to the Czechoslovak government. Their car was pulled over by the Party secret police, and all three were taken in for interrogation. Other signatories were subsequently subjected to interrogations and searches of their homes, as well. In late 1978, however, Vaculík published the article "Remarks on Courage", a piece that helped set the tone for criticism of charterists. Of the original signatories, most were from the intelligentsia in Prague and Brno, and Vaculík and others warned against them becoming so isolated that average citizens could no longer relate to Charter 77. His criticism worked against a mythologisation of the Charter and ensured a continued discussion of its position and role. After communism Vaculík continued to write; the official ban on his works was lifted in late 1989. He had a weekly column in Lidové noviny that featured feuilletons addressing various Czech political and cultural issues, just as much of his underground work during Communism had. Death Vaculík died of natural causes at the age of 88 on 6 June 2015 in Dobřichovice, where he lived by his son. Bibliography Novels Rušný dům (1963), autobiographical novel about the author's work as a tutor at a boys' boarding school Sekyra (1966). The Axe, trans. Marian Sling (Harper & Row, 1973) Morčata (1970). The Guinea Pigs, trans. Kača Poláčková (The Third Press, 1973; Open Letter, 2011) Český snář (1980). A Czech Dreambook, trans. Gerald Turner and Jonathan Bolton (Karolinum Press, 2020) Milí spolužáci (1995) Compilations in English A Cup of Coffee with My Interrogator: The Prague Chronicles of Ludvík Vaculík, trans. George Theiner (Readers International, 1987) Essays 1968: "Two Thousand Words to Workers, Farmers, Scientists, Artists, and Everyone" 1983: "On a Plane", trans. Alex Zucker (2018) See also Charter 77 Libri Prohibiti Normalization (Czechoslovakia) Prague Spring Samizdat References Further reading Crampton, R. J. Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century—and After. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 1997. Hájek, Igor. "Traditions of Czech Literature: Curses and Blessings." In Czechoslovakia 1918–88: Seventy Years of Independence, edited by H. Gordon Skilling, 177–95. Oxford: Macmillan, 1991. Havel, Václav. Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Hvížďala. Translated by Paul Wilson. New York: Knopf, 1990. Levy, Alan. So Many Heroes. Sagaponack, NY: Second Chance Press, 1980. Mastalir, Linda. Ludvík Vaculík: a Czechoslovak man of letters. 25 July 2006. Radio Praha. 26 April 2007. Radio.cz Renner, Hans. A History of Czechoslovakia since 1945. Translated by Evelien Hurst-Buist. New