Melvyn Clarke is a graduate of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London, where he studied Czech and Slovak language, literature and history. Since 1990 he has mostly lived in and around Prague. Recent published translations into English have included: On Description, a work on narratology edited by Alice Jedličková, Czech Literary Studies and the Institute of Czech Literature by Kateřina Piorecká and Pavel Janáček, Christmas in Bohemia by Kamila Skopová, The House Beyond the Mist by Ester Stará and B. Proudew by Irena Dousková. Since 1999 he has moderated Czechlist, a very active online translators’ discussion forum, and he currently teaches Czech-English translation at the Belisha Beacon School in Prague.