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Some half-forgotten treasures from the Czech literary corpus | 4. 1. 2016
The 19th century fin de siècle and its heady aftermath were fascinating years of intellectual and cultural ferment throughout Europe, with a...
Czech prose since 2000 | 1. 9. 2015
Post-1989 changes The November 1989 revolution was a turning point for all Czechoslovaks, with a profound effect on the form and reception...
A hundred years of Czech literature in Israel | 1. 10. 2015
It’s hard to provide an account of the literary connections between any two countries during the 20th and the early 21st century...
Contemporary Czech Literature Tasting Notes | 27. 4. 2015
Nose: Mellow, full of traces of contrasting aromas. As though after the fall of communism Czech prose never quite recovered from the...
Czech literature in English translation | 2. 11. 2015
The present and the prospects   Introduction Historically, Czech literature has always been relatively well represented in bookshops throughout the English-speaking world,...
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TSP is DIY, | 22. 4. 2010
says Sid, one of the founders of Twisted Spoon Press, perhaps the most renowned English language publisher operating out of Prague since...
The Czech Literary Centre to Organise its First Group Residency for Translators | 17. 9. 2022
An extract from Jáchym Topol’s new novel will be translated.This year, the Czech Literary Centre, a section of the Moravian Library, is...
Czech PEN Club awards Karel Čapek Prize to Petr Šabach | 19. 1. 2016
Prosaist Petr Šabach became the winner of the 2016 Karel Čapek Prize on 7 January.Šabach is best known for his tragicomic novels...
Tomáš Halík nominated for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award | 6. 6. 2017
The award honours the best books from US independent publishers.I Want You to Be (University of Notre Dame Press, 2016) is one...
Franz Kafka Prize for Ivan Wernisch | 4. 6. 2018
The poet is the fifth Czech recipient of the prestigious award. Ivan Wernisch is the 2018 winner of the Franz Kafka Prize....
2016 Authors’ Reading Month | 15. 6. 2016
The 17th annual literary festival will take place from 1st July to 4th August. The festival was first held in Brno in...
Jiří Theiner Award goes to Dr Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz | 29. 3. 2016
The professor emerita at the University of British Columbia will receive the award in May at Book World Prague.Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz is a...
Jiří Theiner award for Paul Wilson at Book World | 13. 6. 2013
The award was presented to the Canadian translator on 16 May. Paul Wilson is an Ontario-born journalist, broadcaster and translator. He was...
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Everybody Sucks
The Dog   “Comr…. Sir, let us leave,” Matsa will never learn to address him right, Yura smiled at the thought of...
Eisbewegungen
...warten, bis das ganze Gewese verstummt ist, um dann als gewöhnlicher Besucher dort vorbeizuschauen. Das schwüle und feuchte Klima des tropischen Regenwaldes und die...
Urbane Nicht-Orte
...sind. Die klimatischen Bedingungen unseres Planeten verändern sich permanent, und neben kriegerischen Auseinandersetzungen sind auch Trockenheit und Wassermangel Ursachen für große Migrationswellen. Architekten und...
Ausgebrannt
...versuche nicht zu brüllen, aber selbst wenn ich brüllen würde, durch das undurchlässige Glas hörst du mich nicht. Drinnen hast du ein angenehmes Klima,...