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The article reviews two recent books dedicated to the Czech Indo-Europeanist and Slavist Václav Machek (1894 – 1965). The Collected Writings (2 vols.) contain Machek’s studies, reviews, obituaries, etc. which originally appeared in various linguistic journals and conference or jubilee volumes published in former Czechoslovakia and abroad; their present publication makes them easily accessible to the scientific public as well as a broader cultural audience. Two volumes of Machek’s Correspondence not only document his scientific and personals contacts with important figures of the contemporary linguistic community, they may also serve as a source of interesting information on the given historical period. The author of the article also pays special attention to the Slovakistic aspect of Machek’s research interests and to his connections with the Slovakian scientific and cultural milieu.