The book focuses on the early period of Roma publishing (from the nineteenth century until the
Second World War) when the first original texts fiction and media publications authored by
Roma appeared.Based on extensive archival and historical research including the discovery of
earlier up to now unknown sources the literary activities of Roma in Central South-eastern
and Eastern Europe are discussed in their historical context and interrelation with the birth
of the Roma emancipatory movement. Romani literature and press are thus embedded in the history
and literary studies of the European national literatures.The authors: Raluca Bianca Roman
Sofiya Zahova Aleksandar G. Marinov Elena Marushiakova and Vesselin Popov are affiliated with
the University of St Andrews UK. Other authors are Tamás Hajnáczky (Károli Gáspár University
of the Reformed Church in Hungary) Viktor Shapoval (Moscow City University Russia) and Risto
Blomster (Finnish Literature Society The Finnish Cultural Foundation).
