A dystopian page-turner about the coming of age of a young hero, which won the 2017 EU Prize for Literature.
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Czech comics authors in the UK
Tomáš Kučerovský and Toy_Box at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and the British Library.
Reminder: Czech Literary Centre grants for authors travelling to literary events between 1.1. to 31.5.2019
The deadline for applications is 31.10.2018.
Autumn 2018 travel grants — results
The Czech Literary Centre, a section of the Moravian Library, has allocated more than 7,000 EUR for events taking place between 15.10. to 15.12.2018.
Bianca Bellová at Literaturfestival Berlin
On 13th September, there will be a reading from the German translation of Bellová’s novel Jezero (The Lake) with the support of the Czech Literary Centre.
Successful Czech Literary Centre Autumn 2018 residency applications announced
Ten residencies will be organised in Prague and Brno for translators and Czech studies specialists.
Franz Kafka Prize for Ivan Wernisch
The poet is the fifth Czech recipient of the prestigious award.
Typography & Design
Illustrators
Zdeněk Sklenář (1910–1986) Painter, graphic artist, typographer. His fine-art and illustrative work was radically influenced by a vis...
Graphic designers
František Muzika (1900–1974) Painter, graphic designer, illustrator, typographer, stage designer. A pupil of Vratislav Nechleba and Ja...
Czech typography
Over the past two decades, the Czech Republic has witnessed an incredible boom in type design. While increased interest in typography c...
The Most Beautiful Books of the Year
About the competition Since the establishment of the Museum of Czech Literature (PNP), books as well as rare archive material have for...