Authors

He researches contemporary prosaic folklore – urban legends, rumors and anecdotes. He is the author of a literary trilogy of collections of contemporary Czech folklore Černá sanitka (The Black Ambulance – 2006, 2007, 2008). Mr. Janeček currently works as the head of the Ethnographic Department at the Historical Museum of the National Museum and also as a guest lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, Prague.

(Translated by Mick Swiney for Pandora)

E petr_janecek@nm.cz