The generation of authors that debuted during the war and shortly afterwards (Jiří Orten, Group 42) all shared a similar harrowing experience of the war; their works all bear the hallmark of tragedy, existentialist thought, and the focus on the person as an isolated being.
Jiří Menzel | Jiří Bělohlávek | Jiří Stivín | Jiří Paroubek | Jiří Orten | Jiří Jarošík | Jiri Georg Dokoupil | Jiri Barta | Jairos Jiri | Jiří Zídek Sr. | Jiří Suchý | Jiří Šlégr | Jiri Slegr | Jiří Pták | Jiří Pernes | Jiří Lobkowicz | Jiří Jirmal | Jiří Hudler | Jiri Hlinka | Jiří Gemrot | Jiří Dvořák | Jiří Dienstbier Jr. | Jiří Barta | Jiri | ''Harmoniae morales'' from printer Jiří Nigrin |
Glassed facades bear passages from the writings of notable authors who had been creating in Prague: Jiří Orten, Konstantin Biebl, Franz Kafka, Guillaume Apollinaire, Rainer Maria Rilke and Gustav Meyrink.