Jan Faktor etablierte in den 1980er Jahren ein Zentrum der unabhängigen Literaturszene der DDR. Durch sein schriftstellerisches Schaffen bereicherte er sie, er intervenierte zeitgenössisch aber auch gegen ihre Konventionen. Jan Faktors Vorlass in der Akademie der Künste hilft heute, die unabhängige Literaturszene der DDR, ihre Bindungskräfte wie auch ihre Grenzen besser zu verstehen.
The collection of the significant Czech journalist, dissident, signatory to Charter 77 and politician, Jiří Ruml, contains both published and as yet unpublished texts from 1967 to 1989, correspondence, Czech and foreign samizdat and exile publications. There are also writings by his friends, many of whom were also important signatories of Charter 77.
This collection contains letters which the Libri Prohibiti Library obtained from the estate of the poet and manager of the Czechoslovak underground band Plastic People of the Universe, Ivan Martin Jirous. These letters were written by his wife, the painter Juliana Jirousová, during his many stays in prison. However, we can also find several unknown letters which were written before their wedding. This collection contains over 120 letters.