Alex has translated novels by J. R. Pick, Petra Hůlová, Jáchym Topol, Magdaléna Platzová, Tomáš Zmeškal, Josef Jedlička, Heda Margolius Kovály, Patrik Ouředník, and Miloslava Holubová. He has also Englished stories, plays, essays, young adult and children’s books, subtitles, song lyrics, reportages, poems, and an opera libretto. His translations Three Plastic Rooms, by Petra Hůlová, and The Devil’s Workshop, by Jáchym Topol, received Writing in Translation awards from English PEN, and he won the ALTA National Translation Award in 2010 for his translation of Petra Hůlová’s fiction debut, All This Belongs to Me. In addition to translating, Alex works in editing and communications. He lives in Brooklyn. More at www.alexjzucker.com.
Alex Zucker
Title | Author | Year | Publisher | Awards |
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The Lake | Bianca Bellová | 2022 | Parthian Books | |
The Movement | Petra Hůlová | 2021 | World Editions | |
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | J.R. Pick | 2018 | Karolinum Press | |
Three Plastic Rooms | Petra Hůlová | 2017 | Jantar Publishing | |
Angel Station | Jáchym Topol | 2017 | Dalkey Archive Press | |
The Attempt | Magdaléna Platzová | 2016 | Bellevue Literary Press | |
Love Letter in Cuneiform | Tomáš Zmeškal | 2016 | Yale University Press | |
Midway Upon the Journey of Our Life | Josef Jedlička | 2016 | Karolinum Press | |
Innocence; or, Murder on Steep Street | Heda Margolius Kovály | 2015 | Soho Press | |
The Devil’s Workshop | Jáchym Topol | 2013 | Portobello Books |
2013 English PEN Award for Writing in Translation |
The Opportune Moment, 1855 | Patrik Ouředník | 2011 | Dalkey Archive Press | |
Case Closed | Patrik Ouředník | 2010 | Dalkey Archive Press | |
All This Belongs to Me | Petra Hůlová | 2009 | Northwestern University Press |
2010 National Translation Award |
Výlet k nádražní hale (A Trip to the Train Station) | Jáchym Topol | 2007 | Torst | |
City Sister Silver | Jáchym Topol | 2001 | Catbird Press | |
More Than One Life | Miloslava Holubová | 1999 | Northwestern University Press |