Jiří Peňás
Jiří Peňás (b. 1966) is a journalist in the opinion pages of Czech daily Lidové Noviny. He was formerly editor of chief in the culture section of weekly magazine Týden. In 1998, the Czech Literature Foundation awarded him the Young Journalist of the Year prize.
Updated: 16 November 2009
In its tumbledown Renaissance splendour, this town on the Czech-Austrian frontier has become a haven for intellectuals and artists who come from Prague in search of authenticity. 
Achieved without violence, the fall of the Czechoslovak communist regime had none of the usual arousal associated with revolutions. Journalist Jiří Peňás presents a psychoanalytic interpretation of the events of 17 November 1989.