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The Moravian Library announces a new resident artist scheme to support Belarusian writers

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Poetry – This year’s priority for the Czech Literary Centre

After comics, the CLC will focus on another often overlooked area: poetry.

A is for Antarctica – this year’s hit on the Czech and German book market

David Böhm's book has won several literary awards.

This year’s literary award Premia Bohemica goes to the French translator Xavier Galmiche.

Premia Bohemica is a literary award handed out since 1993.

Czech Republic in Focus at 2021 Lakes Comics Festival

The Czech Literary Centre will present six comics artists at the Lakes festival.

Poetry – This year’s priority for the Czech Literary Centre

After comics, the CLC will focus on another often overlooked area: poetry.

A is for Antarctica – this year’s hit on the Czech and German book market

David Böhm's book has won several literary awards.

This year’s literary award Premia Bohemica goes to the French translator Xavier Galmiche.

Premia Bohemica is a literary award handed out since 1993.

New books in translation More>

Germans

Jakuba Katalpa

Trans. Alessandro De Vito | Italian

Hana

Alena Mornštajnová

Trans. Zsuzsanna Juhászné Hahn | Hungarian

Places in the Dark

Lidmila Kábrtová

Trans. Alexandra Cimpl-Simeonović |

Blue Shadows

Michal Sýkora

Trans. Martyna Lemańczyk | Polish

Award-winning booksMore>

Jan Žižka: Život a doba husitského válečníka

Jan Žižka: The Life and Times of the Hussite Warrior

Petr Čornej

2020 Magnesia Litera – Book of the Year

Fox into a Lady

Jiří Kratochvil

2020 Magnesia Litera – Prose

Night Reading

Ewald Murrer

2020 Magnesia Litera – Poetry

I Wake Up in Shibuya

Anna Cima

2019 Czech Book Award

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Milan Kundera has donated his library and archive to the Moravian Library in Brno

Kundera's decision was welcomed by the Minister of Culture, Lubomír Zaorálek.

Czech Poetry in the British Journal Modern Poetry in Translation

The journal has published poems by ten Czech poets translated into English.

World Literature in Czechia – Czech Literature in the World

International Conference (Call for Papers)

Comics – this year’s priority of the Czech Literary Centre

The CLC supports Czech comics through artists’ residences, a digital programme, and events in the Czech Republic and abroad.

The Czech Literary Centre awarded scholarships to 16 writers

Scholarships should support Czech writers at a time when their residencies, author readings and participation in festivals have been cancelled.