News
/27. April 2010/
- Awards, contests...
Magnesia Litera awards announced
The main award was bestowed to Petra Soukupová’s short story trilogy Zmizet (To Disappear, Host). You can watch the awards ceremony online on ČT2.
/27. April 2010/
- News
Delbos about the international conference
The Annual Conference How is Literature in East-Central Europe and Russia Faring after 1989? was organised by Prague Institute for Democracy, Economy, and Culture (PIDEC)
/26. April 2010/
- Interview
Czech slam poetry: A whole lot of men, and one woman
Miroslav Balaštík poses questions to the organizer of Czech slam poetry Lenka Zogatová.
/26. April 2010/
- News
Czech Writers Under Siege and Czech Literary History - lecture
On April 7, 2010 Professor Jiří Holý gave a lecture Czech Writers Under Siege and Czech Literary History. During his speech Professor Holý reflected on several problematic areas in recent Czech history -literary and otherwise − which he was forced to confront while writing his book for English-speaking readers (Writers Under Siege, 2008).
/25. April 2010/
- News
Tomorrow, People Will Be Dancing Everywhere out on DVD
The DVD release of the Socialist Realist musical Zítra se bude tančit všude (Tomorrow, People Will Be Dancing Everywhere) is imminent. The DVD will be released as part of the series Filmy patří lidu (Films Belong to the People).
/22. April 2010/
- Interview
TSP is DIY,
says Sid, one of the founders of Twisted Spoon Press, perhaps the most renowned English language publisher operating out of Prague since 1992.
/19. April 2010/
- Invitation
Marek Šindelka debates at the International Book Festival in Budapest
The young Czech author Marek Šindelka will take part in the European First Novel discussion. The meeting will take place within the 17th International Book Festival in Budapest (Hungary).
/16. April 2010/
- Interview
Nobody has time in Prague
says Professor Kim Incheon in an interview with Michal Procházka.
/16. April 2010/
- News
Ministry of Culture support for literary publications, anthologies and events
The Czech Ministry of Culture published the results of its selective subsidy proceedings for the support of literary publications, anthologies and events in 2010.
/15. April 2010/
- News
Literary historian Zdeněk Pešat dies aged 82
The literary scientist and first post-communist director of the Institute of Czech Literature at the Academy of Sciences Zdeněk Pešat passed away on Monday 29 March 2010 at the age of 82.