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/18. December 2012/ - News

The Lidové Noviny Book of the Year Award Announced

The title Jako bychom dnes zemřít měli (As If We Were to Die Today) written by poet and journalist Miloš Doležal received the support of fifteen votes in the traditional public inquiry.

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/14. December 2012/ - News

Michal Viewegh Still in a Serious State

The commercially most successful contemporary Czech author continues to struggle with his heart problems, portal iDNES (Dec 11, 2012) has reported. He has been able to open his eyes but his respiratory problems remain severe.

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/11. December 2012/ - News

New Director of the Prague Literary House is David Stecher

Having been the director of the Tel Aviv Czech Centre, he is now replacing Lucie Černohousová at the director post of this important Czech-German literary institution.

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/11. December 2012/ - News

Michal Viewegh has had a serious medical issue

Currently the most successful Czech writer in terms of sales has been hospitalised with heart problems. According to his publisher Martin Reiner his condition has been stabilised, the iDNES portal has informed (Dec 10, 2012).

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/5. December 2012/ - News

This year has seen the Announcement of two Bohumil Polan Awards

The 2011 Pilsen literary prize has gone to both Jaroslava Eichackerová Málková (see picture) for her poetry collection, Stopy v povětří and Karel Trinkewitz for his work of prose, Jak jsem potkal básníky.

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/28. November 2012/ - News

The 23rd annual edition of Prague Writers Festival will bear the subtitle “The Birth of Nations”

It is going to take place from April 14 to 18 2013 at the New Scene and the Senate of Czech Parliament.

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/23. November 2012/ - News

Christmas Book Bazaar at the Communication Space at Školská, Dec 13–15

All welcome: small booksellers, publishers, artist book publishers or even individual authors.

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/22. November 2012/ - News

The Jiří Marek Prize Goes to Klevisová

The writer and journalist Michaela Klevisová has been awarded the annual prize for the best detective story for her novel Dům na samotě (A Solitary House).

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/19. November 2012/ - Invitation

Elizabeth Jane Weston - 400 years

Weston, known to her contemporaries as Westonia, was born in England and spent most of her life in Prague.

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/18. November 2012/ - News

The Victorious Žítkov Goddesses are already planning a film and a miniseries

Kateřina Tučková, recently awarded the Josef Škvorecký Prize, has the hope of seeing her heroines from the awarded book on the silver screen.

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International

/5. May 2013/ - News

Hakl reads in Vienna, plans a residency in Krems in November

The Czech Centre in Vienna organised a presentation of Hakl's new book in German translation on 26 March 2013.

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/1. May 2013/ - News

Babylon: translating Visegrad literature within and into global languages

The project Babelmatrix was conceived approximately 10 years ago.

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/26. April 2013/ - News

Czech writer Jiří Drašnar dies aged 64

The author Jiří Drašnar passed away on 17 March aged 64 in the US, as reported by Štefan Švec in Britské listy on 27 March 2013.

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/31. March 2013/ - News

Ajvaz's The Other City Published in Japanese

The successful international campaign of Michal Ajvaz as sci-fi author continues.

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/27. March 2013/ - News

The Trauma Workshop in Hungary Attended by Poet Hájek

The Forum of young Central- and Eastern-European authors took place in February at the Budapest Fogas Ház Centre of Culture.

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/27. March 2013/ - Awards, contests...

The New Literature Wasafiri Prize Announced for 2013

Anyone who hasn't published a book yet can become a contestant.

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/22. March 2013/ - News

21 March - World Poetry Day

In celebrating the World Poetry Day, March 21, UNESCO recognizes the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind.

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/19. March 2013/ - News

This Year's Leipzig Book Fair Again with Czech Participation

The Saxon international Leipzig Book Fair ended on Sunday, with the participation of many Czech writers.

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/13. March 2013/ - News

Which Contemporary Czech Literature is Likely to be Published Abroad?

Below is the list of the rights sold to foreign publishers by the two largest literary agencies representing Czech authors.

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/8. March 2013/ - News

Topol is going to read at London's European Literature Night

Jáchym Topol and his book The Devil's Workshop (Chladnou zemí in Czech) have been selected from among 70 nominated authors.

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