Poet, prose writer, author of children’s books, playwright, copywriter and essayist also writing under the name of Petr Odillo Stradický ze Strdic, a...
Painter, graphic artist, creator of animated films, illustrator, writer, journalist. He is the winner of the most prestigious prize for children’s books,...
Poet, translator, author of children’s books, lyricist, journalist. Twice winner of the Jaroslav Seifert Award (1989, 2011), the State Prize for Literature...
Novelist, essayist, playwright. He is the recipient of many literary awards including the Tom Stoppard Prize (1991), the Egon Hostovský Award (1996),...
Poet, novelist, journalist, painter, sculptor and editor, long-standing editor-in-chief of the poetry magazine Psí víno (Dog Wine). He was nominated for the...
Pavel Šrut (1940-2018), poet, author of song lyrics, children’s stories, fiction and feuilletons, also a translator and cultural editor. He was included...
Petra Hůlová (1979) is a fiction writer and the recipient of several literary awards, including Czechia’s highest literary recognitions – the Magnesia Litera...
Prose writer, experimenter, poet, playwright, publishing editor. Winner of the Golden Pen of Ondřej Pavelka prize (2013) conferred by theatre professionals connected...
...explore the mysterious world of the Jewish ghetto with Petr Stančík, read Petra Soukupová’s account of an unexplained disappearance in Stromovka park or follow...
...and wife Petr and Petra Třešňák tells the story of bringing up a daughter with autism combined with intellectual disability and severe behavioural issues....
...explore the mysterious world of the Jewish ghetto with Petr Stančík, read Petra Soukupová’s account of an unexplained disappearance in Stromovka park or follow...
Nudists, dune experts, male prostitutes, Dante, water birds and Ducati motorcycles all intertwine in this collection of poetic short stories. Petr Borkovec is...
...legend he fought the German occupiers and collaborators, sabotaging their war economy. No one really knows who Frank Pérák was, except Petr Stančík, who...
Drawing from the entirety of an internationally-renowned young poet’s acclaimed career, this introductory sampler presents the best of Petr Borkovec translated into English...
...the author: Petr Šámal (1972) is a researcher at the Institute of Czech Literature. He is mainly interested in postwar reflections on literature, the...
...pace, a strange unease bubbles under the surface. Praise “Into Darkness is remarkably magical and powerful prose.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Anna Bolavá...
...the Ministry of Education. Petr Horák (1965) is parasitologist who specializes in the functional morphology, systematics and life cycle of helminths. He contributed towards...
...of Robert Graves‘ poems was Luboš Pospíšil, followed by Petr Skoumal who recorded the hitherto unreleased demo versions featuring Šrut’s lyrics. In the second...
Petr Stančík, the 2015 Magnesia Litera prizewinner for prose, writes both for children and adults. He has already published two books about Chrujda,...
...Will Chrujda safely return to the arms of his love, Anička the Weasel? Author Petr Stančík captivates children with his sense of humour, original...
...at any more. Praise “Inspired by Kafka, Petr Stančík dishes out a combination of carefully researched historical curiosities, poetic images and lies.” — Michal...
...a balance between descriptively historical and ironic storytelling. In his new book, Petr Stančík looks at the life and work of Pravomil Raichl (1921–2002),...
...legend he fought the German occupiers and collaborators, sabotaging their war economy. No one really knows who Frank Pérák was, except Petr Stančík, who...
An extraordinary mono-thematic collection by the most respected contemporary Czech poet. Petr Hruška has been publishing collections of poems for 20 years and...
Another sumptuous stylistic, linguistic and narrative feast from Petr Stančík, this time with Inspector Lavabo in the lead role. The central character in...
...Dutka, Emil Hakl, Jiří Hájíček, Jiří Kratochvil, Iva Pekárková, Petr Placák, Petr Šabach, Miloš Urban and Michal Viewegh. The editor of the anthology is...
...Golden Ribbon IBBY, Most Beautiful Book of the Czech Republic) and the latest title Přeshádky make up Petr Nikl’s “hádka” (feud, quarrel) trinity about...
...voyage of discovery in which lowly objects and everyday actions, so often unobserved, are transfigured. Petr Král has the unerring ability to perceive, to...
...with the first play having been also successfully made into a film (2005). Petr Zelenka (1967) ingeniously describes current reality using film thinking and...
...which lowly objects and everyday actions, so often unobserved, are transfigured. Petr Král has the unerring ability to perceive, to catch the commonplace by...
...people, animals and even inanimate objects dream about in this beautifully produced concertina book by poet Petr Borkovec and award-winning illustrator Andrea Tachezy....
Petr Šabach’s tragicomic short story collection which later served as inspiration for the popular film Cosy Dens (Pelíšky). The title has been lifted...
...is a brief voyage of discovery in which lowly objects and everyday actions, so often unobserved, are transfigured. Petr Král has the unerring ability...
...with a detailed, rational exploration of the inner and outer worlds which avoids pathos and sentiment; fiction and reality in unity. Petr Pazdera Payne...
...in Czech society from the perspective of Johan, a journalist, whose stream of consciousness provides the novel with its structure. Opposing him is Petr...
Nudists, dune experts, male prostitutes, Dante, water birds and Ducati motorcycles all intertwine in this collection of poetic short stories. Petr Borkovec is...
Another sumptuous stylistic, linguistic and narrative feast from Petr Stančík, this time with Inspector Lavabo in the lead role. The central character in...
Petr Král’s poetry, written over half a century, has to date been published only sporadically and without consistent editorial treatment, partly due to...
Petr Šabach’s tragicomic short story collection which later served as inspiration for the popular film Cosy Dens (Pelíšky). The title has been lifted...
...copied, fascinated by all that’s beyond description.” Another author book by Petr Nikl full of poetry and visual art from his two-year American sojourn....
...poems, which were published this year in books, magazines and on the Internet. The editors are poet Petr Borkovec and poet and journalist Tomáš Gabriel....
...a balance between descriptively historical and ironic storytelling. In his new book, Petr Stančík looks at the life and work of Pravomil Raichl (1921–2002),...
A boy who loves adventure. A mysterious ocean journey. A remote island wilderness.Discover what surprises await in this beautiful dreamlike exploration of...
...Austro-Hungarian Empire, the First World War and the 1920s, but also about the narrative possibilities of contemporary novels.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Mystery,...
A boy who loves adventure. A mysterious ocean journey. A remote island wilderness.Discover what surprises await in this beautiful dreamlike exploration of...
...schoolmates. The author links fiction with documents: for example, the diary of the prisoner Petr Ginz and the Terezín children’s magazine Vedem. “The only...
...schoolmates. The author links fiction with documents: for example, the diary of the prisoner Petr Ginz and the Terezín children’s magazine Vedem . “The...
...Bridge with Miloš Urban, explore the mysterious world of the Jewish ghetto with Petr Stančík, read Petra Soukupová’s account of an unexplained disappearance in...
Milostný dopis klínovým písmem (Love Letter in Cuneiform), Tomáš Zmeškal’s debut novel, is essentially a family chronicle. The basic plot framework is...
...Petr Bílek, Literární noviny “[Aviaries has] a rich style, figurative language, a combination of absolute introspection and reflections on external situations” — Josef Chuchma,...
...police investigator in the fifties. When Josef gets arrested and imprisoned, Květa approaches Hynek for help and advice… Petr Pazdera Payne Zmeškal’s debut...
...‘diary entries’, enters the bloodstream to addictive effect.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Although the book is composed of fragmentary texts, it is as...
A fantastical and linguistically opulent post-historical detective novel from the second half of the 19th century. Prague changes into a large city,...
...Austro-Hungarian Empire, the First World War and the 1920s, but also about the narrative possibilities of contemporary novels.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Mystery,...
...a collection of poetry entitled Mezi náma (Between Us; Nakladatelství Petr Štengl publishing house, 2017) and Betonová pláž (Concrete Beach; (JT’s nakladatelství publishing house,...
A fantastical and linguistically opulent post-historical detective novel from the second half of the 19th century. Prague changes into a large city,...
A fantastical and linguistically opulent post-historical detective novel from the second half of the 19th century. Prague changes into a large city,...
Michal Viewegh’s new novel, Mráz přichází z Hradu, is a mercilessly sarcastic social-political panopticon features the prime minister Petr Nečas, president Václav Klaus, Prague...
...a particular year and poetry in general. Following the editorial duos Karel Šiktanc and Karel Piorecký (2009), Miloslav Topinka and Jakub Řehák (2010), Petr...
A fantastical and linguistically opulent post-historical detective novel from the second half of the 19th century. Prague changes into a large city,...
...Austro-Hungarian Empire, the First World War and the 1920s, but also about the narrative possibilities of contemporary novels.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Mystery,...
...Emil Hakl, Petr Hruška, Václav Kahuda, Dora Kaprálová, Hana Lundiaková, Igor Malijevský, Jaroslav Rudiš, Tereza Semotámová, Petra Soukupová, Alžběta Stančáková, Michal Šanda, Filip Topol...
...Austro-Hungarian Empire, the First World War and the 1920s, but also about the narrative possibilities of contemporary novels.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Mystery,...
Milostný dopis klínovým písmem (Love Letter in Cuneiform), Tomáš Zmeškal’s debut novel, is essentially a family chronicle. The basic plot framework is...
...individual words, and also by complete ‘diary entries’, enters the bloodstream to addictive effect.” — Petr A. Bílek, Respekt “Although the book is composed...
A fantastical and linguistically opulent post-historical detective novel from the second half of the 19th century. Prague changes into a large city,...
...police investigator in the fifties. When Josef gets arrested and imprisoned, Květa approaches Hynek for help and advice… — Petr Pazdera Payne Zmeškal’s debut...
...of the poets from the middle generation, the most emulated is Petr Hruška, followed by J. H. Krchovský, Miloslav Topinka, Petr Král, Ivan Wernisch,...
...and Petr Hruška. Dynka continued in his stubborn search for a language capable of expressing the subtle values of intimacy and the strangeness of...
...Růžovej vlk (Matilda and the Pink Wolf) by Petra Josefína Stibitzová and Jana Šrámková. Raketa (Rocket) The sector of magazines aimed at young adults...
...include Petr Hruška, Jan Skácel, Egon Bondy, Michael Lorence, Oldřich Mikulášek, Jiří Orten and Lenka Kuhar Daňhelová. In addition to publishing poems, short stories...
...26 Feb 2021, < https://www.lyrikline.org/en/about/ >. Other previously unmentioned poets like Ondřej Hanus, Petr Hruška, and Pavel Kolmačka have appeared in the Czech issue...
...of the most interesting award-winning books from the past five years Petr Stančík: Mummy Mill Ondřej Horák & Jiří Franta: Why Paintings Don’t Need...
...have the potential to appeal to international readers. Contents Bianca Bellová: The Lake Jiří Hájíček: The Rainstick Petr Stančík: An Angel’s Egg Zuzana...
...Brabcová: Aviaries Zuzana Lazarová: Iron Shirt Petra Dvořáková: The Net Michal Sýkora: It’s Not Over Yet Petra Stehlíková: The Listener Jan Novák & Jaromír...
...winner in the prose category was Money from Hitler (Peníze od Hitlera) by Radka Denemarková, which reflects on postwar excesses; in 2008 Petr Placák...
...nakladatele: řemeslo, věda, umění. (A Publisher’s Handbook: Craft, Science, Art) Translation Petr Macháček and Jan Dvořák. Prague: Signeta, 2002, p. 131. One indication that...
...Playful Science Petr Stančík: Chrujda the Badger Found his Great Love Vratislav Maňák: The Skydweller Tomáš Končinský & Barbora Klárová: Typo and Crust Ivona...
...worth mentioning an unsuccessful attempt to launch an original commercial series which Jan Jelen (script) and Petra Z. Jelenová (artwork) came up with in...
...Kopáč. Photo: Anna Pleslova. Petr Janyška, director of the Czech Centre in Warsaw, talked about Czech literature and Czech studies in Poland, where an...
...cannot be easily classified in terms of genre, e.g. Václav Kahuda (Houština, Undergrowth, 1999), while Petr Rákos (Korvína čili Kniha o havranech, Korvína or...
...Petr Babák, Jakub Jansa and Lukáš Kijonka came to creative terms with the limits of traditional exhibition media, while going over and beyond normal...
...Contents Sci-fi/Fantasy Chaim Cigan: Puzzle Petra Stehlíková: The Listener Crime/Detective Michal Sýkora: It’s Not Over Yet Iva Procházková: Lightly Dressed Girls Jiří Březina: The...
...are: Zuzana Brabcová, Daniela Hodrová, Radka Denemarková, Petra Hůlová, Kateřina Tučková, Jakuba Katalpa and Irena Dousková. It is worth adding that it would be...
...circles. For example, Zucker has translated books by Patrik Ouředník, Petra Hůlová and Jáchym Topol. One independent publishing house based in Prague is Twisted...
...of the poets from the middle generation, the most emulated is Petr Hruška, followed by J. H. Krchovský, Miloslav Topinka, Petr Král, Ivan Wernisch,...
...described as driving forces in the theatre of the early 21st century. Foremost among them are Lenka Lagronová, Petr Zelenka, David Drábek, Martin Františák...
...the post-war work of Halas (What Now?, not published until 1957), Hrubín (Hiroshima, 1948) and Zahradníček (La Saletta, 1947). Prose fiction of the time...
...particularly prose. Since 2011 she has been publishing works by Jan Balabán (Prázdniny/Možná že odcházíme), Emil Hakl (Pravidla směšného chování), Petra Hůlová (Umělohmotný třípokoj),...
...cannot be easily classified in terms of genre, e.g. Václav Kahuda (Houština, Undergrowth, 1999), while Petr Rákos (Korvína čili Kniha o havranech, Korvína or...
...the first decade of the 21st century. Some of them have quickly joined the genre’s elite. Petra Neomillnerová (1970). A writer of commercially successful...
...Sciences) Luboš MERHAUT (Institute for the Study of Czech Literature) Petr MINAŘÍK (Authors’ Reading Month) Vladimír PAPOUŠEK (Czech Studies Department, University of South Bohemia...
...books selected by Petr Babák, Jakub Jansa and Lukáš Kijonka came to creative terms with the limits of traditional exhibition media, while going over...
...play From Stardust by Lenka Lagronová and short texts by Pavla Horáková, Jana Šrámková, Alice Horáčková, Petr Hruška, Jaroslav Rudiš, David Jan Žák, Otokar...
...translated several works by Ivan Wernisch and Petr Hruška, and short-story collections by Jan Balabán and Jaromír Štětina. In addition to his own literary...
...Me Home, 2012), Bohumil Hrabal (The Gentle Barbarian, 2014), Ota Pavel (The Death of the Beautiful Deer, 2015), Petr Šabach (Shit Burns, 2016) and...
...Petr Zelenka. She is actively involved in the presentation of literary translations (a founding member of www.weltlesebuehne.de and promoting the culture of Central and...
...Cervantes Institute in Prague. His first literary translation was Petr Stančík’s Mummy Mill, which was published in Spain in 2016. Since then he has...
...translated by M. Kjurkčieva), Petr Kolečko (Tři hry, 2010, translated by M. Kjurkčieva), Michal Ajvaz (Padesát pět měst, 2011, translated by M. Kjurkčieva), Milan...
...Since 2011 she has been publishing works by Jan Balabán (Prázdniny/Možná že odcházíme), Emil Hakl (Pravidla směšného chování), Petra Hůlová (Umělohmotný třípokoj), Petra Soukupová...
...2010, translated by N. Vidrih), Radka Denemarková (Peníze od Hitlera, 2010, translated by T. Jamnik; Kobold, 2013, translated by T. Jamnik) and Petr Placák (Fízl,...
Pushkin Press is a British-based publishing house dedicated to publishing novels, essays, memoirs and children’s books from around the world. Pushkin publishes Petr...
...poet Petr Hruška’s literary tour of America, where he will present his Everything Indicates: Selected Poems (Blue Diode Press, 2023, translated by Jonathan Bolton)....
...award in the world. The award is presented to authors, illustrators, oral storytellers and reading promoters. Petr Nikl (b. 1960) is an artist, writer,...
...Working Knowledge. Treasons is a 1396-page collection of critical articles and essays by Petr Král, which introduces the reader to an extensive yet relatively...
...Poetry: Básník Ticho, Milan Děžinský, Petr Hruška, Jitka N. Srbová Comics: Džian Baban, Juliána Chomová, Lucie Lomová, S.d.Ch. Works for children and youth: Marka...
Authors Jaroslav Rudiš, Petr Stančík, Milena Slavická, Jiří Dvořák and Jiří Padevět will present their latest books. The Czech stand, organised by the...
...recordings of poems from all over the world. The website also features work by Czech writers Petr Borkovec, Petr Hruška, Radek Malý, Kateřina Rudčenková,...
Diplomat, translator and journalist, Petr Janyška, was chosen as the director of the České literární centrum (Czech Literary Centre).The Czech Literary Centre was...
...are as follows: Michal Ajvaz, Bianca Bellová, David Böhm, Radka Denemarková, Petr Hruška, Petra Hůlová, Galina Miklínová, Iva Procházková, Jaroslav Rudiš, Marek Šindelka and...
...plays and essays: Radka Denemarková, Jaroslav Rudiš, Martin Šmaus, Jáchym Topol, Kateřina Tučková, Michal Viewegh and Petr Zelenka. She is actively involved in the...
...as Josef Váchal and Bohuslav Reynek. The Czech literary critic and historian Professor Petr Bílek commented on Galmiche’s interpretations: “His take on the Czech...
...Zbyněk Hejda (1996) Antonín Brousek and Petr Kabeš (1995) Milan Kundera (1994) Bohumil Hrabal (1993) Josef Hiršal and Ivan Wernisch (1992) Jiří Kolář (1991)...
...Petr Borkovec, Milan Děžinský, Kateřina Rudčenková, Jakub Řehák, Jonáš Hájek, Ondřej Hanus, Štěpán Nosek a Kamil Bouška. The book subtitled “Cestování po mladé evropské...
...here. The CLC travel committee: Ondřej Buddeus Jana Čeňková Viktor Debnár Iveta Gonzálezová Zuzana Jürgens Radim Kopáč Tomáš Kubíček Petr Minařík Lucie Zakopalová...
...an expert jury: FFUK Professor Petr A. Bílek, poet, songwriter and Chairman of the Czech PEN Centre Jiří Dědeček, bookseller Jiří Seidl, editor Jan...
...related to Kafka and the beauties of Czechia As part of the Czech Republic’s national presentation (29 November), Petr Lutter, Director of Oficina de...
...Hanus and Pavel Kolmačka, translated by Nathan Fields, as well as verses by Petr Hruška in Jonathan Bolton’s translation. Extracts of prose include passages...
Petr Sís’s biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for children is nominated in the 7-11 category.The UKLA provides the following description of the book:...
...(Řvi potichu, brácho) Tomáš Končinský, Barbora Klárová, Daniel Špaček & Petr Štěpán: Typo and Crust (Překlep a Škraloup) Tereza Vostradovská: Playful Science (Hravouka) Discovery...
...poetry including poems by Pavel Kolmačka (trans. Jorge Nicolás Lucero), Petr Borkovec (trans. Enrique Gutiérrez Rubio), Milan Děžinský (trans. Patricia Gonzalo de Jesús), Olga...
...The Czech panel consisting of Pavel Mandys, Ivana Myšková, Petr A. Bílek, Vladimír Opatrný and Eva Klíčová, chose the novel entitled Smrtholka (Deathmaiden, published...
...5.0 B116. The English catalogue prepared for the fair, which includes interviews with authors Kateřina Tučková and Petr Hruška, can be downloaded here....
...Bulgaria The CLC travel committee: Ondřej Buddeus Jana Čeňková Viktor Debnár Iveta Gonzálezová Zuzana Jürgens Radim Kopáč Tomáš Kubíček Petr Minařík Lucie Zakopalová...
...edited by Ivana Myšková and Jan Zikmund, who selected ten short stories by ten Czech writers: Simona Bohatá, Jan Zábrana, Marie Stryjová, Petr Borkovec,...
...(Malvern) Iva Pekárková: Pečená zebra (Mladá fronta) Daniel Petr: Straka na šibenici (Host) David Zábranský: Martin Juhás čili Československo (Premedia) Poetry: Jiří Dynka:...
...mal einen Vater und eine Mutter, eine Großmutter, eine Urgroßmutter …“ „Sie wollte immer auf ein Gut mit viel Land“, sagte Frau Petrásková plötzlich...
...es ging um einen Mord. Am Ende des zweiten Aktes wurde Petr Quas erschossen, Vorstandsmitglied der Phoenix Finance Group“, sagte er ganz ruhig. „Und...
...scene. No further information will be released while the investigation is ongoing,” announced police spokesperson Petr Štědrý this morning. The tragedy has left neighbours...
...reihenweise Männer, sondern nur Jarda Vít, Petr von unten und Robin und Venca Bráblík, alle mit Äxten, alle unterwegs zum Maulbeerbaum. – Mami! Mami!...
...die Schlesischen Lieder des Dichter Petr Bezruč, deren Distribution Pavel Reiman, Mitglied des Sekretariats des Zentralkomitees der KSČ wegen ihres angeblichen Antisemitismus persönlich abbrechen...