Attacking prejudice

Let a person not get a bad name once! A good name can easily be lost, a bad one cannot be erased. Let them not call a dog, that fuck it - he's done for. A bad wound heals, people say, a bad word remains. Do we realize that it's the same in literature? How much work, what incredible efforts are needed for a writer to prove that he is good, if criticism has already given him a bad name! He must come out of his skin, he must be born again. . . But there is something else. A literary name also depends a lot on external circumstances, on the situation, on the conjuncture, on the surroundings. How many charlatans have taken advantage of the moment to make a career in literature! Of course, when will the reckoning come?