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/18. November 2012/ - News

2013 Max Brod Prize

The Franze Kafka Society has announced the 19th edition of the student literary competition.

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/12. November 2012/ - News

Public Discussion on Czech Literature in 2012: First Recapitulation

What of importance has happened in the Czech literature over the past year?

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/9. November 2012/ - News

Following This Year’s Budget Cuts, Grant Applicants Fear Further Reductions

Following this year’s sharp budget cuts, artists, publishers and festival organisers fear there is a bad moon on the rise for them in 2013 with further reductions in the Ministry of Culture grant budget underway.

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/8. November 2012/ - Awards, contests...

The Škvorecký Prize for Tučková and Her Žítkov Goddesses

This year, the Josef Škvorecký Prize jury was most taken by Kateřina Tučková’s novel Žítkovské bohyně.

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/7. November 2012/ - Obituaries

Doyen of Czech Carricature, Vladimír Jiránek, Has Died

Jiránek died on November 6, 2012, aged 74 years.

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/7. November 2012/ - News

The Taming of the Literary Muse: Come One, Come All

An afternoon workshop of creative writing will take place in Rajhrad and focus on versification and poetic punning.

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/7. November 2012/ - News

The Best 2012 Czech Comic Book? We’re Still at War

The main programme of the 7th edition of the KomksFEST! Comic Book Festival is over! The Muriel prizes have their proud owners.

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/1. November 2012/ - News

A new album by the Czech super-band featuring texts by Jan Těsnohlídek, jr.

The super-band frontman, Jaromír 99, is famous for having collaborated with writer Jaroslav Rudiš on the graphic novel Alois Nebel.

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/31. October 2012/ - News

Is Prague going to become the City of Literature

Prague City Council has just ratified the initiative’s application for inclusion in the network of UNESCO creative cities.

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/31. October 2012/ - News

Among this year's State Prize Laureates is also Writer Ota Filip

On October 28, President Václav Klaus awarded the medal of merit to Ota Filip (born 1930) for his lifetime artistic achievement.

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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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