Ondřej Štindl’s New Novel Nominated for the 2023 European Union Prize for Literature
The overall winner will be announced at the Leipzig Book Fair on 28 April.
A is for Antarctica – the hit of 2020 on the Czech and German book market
David Böhm’s book has won several literary awards.
The 2020 Premia Bohemica goes to the French translator Xavier Galmiche.
Premia Bohemica is a literary award handed out since 1993.
The laureate of the 2019 Jaroslav Seifert Prize is Miroslav Petříček
The panel praised the continuity, readability and outreach of his philosophical work.
Announcement of the 2018 Muriel Award winners for the best comic book
Most awards were “scooped up” by Vojtěch Mašek.
Awards | 23. 10. 2018
Four Czech books for children on the 2018 White Ravens list
The prestigious catalogue is published every year by the International Youth Library in Munich.
Awards | 4. 6. 2018
Franz Kafka Prize for Ivan Wernisch
The poet is the fifth Czech recipient of the prestigious award.
Awards | 5. 4. 2018
2018 Magnesia Litera Awards announced
Erik Tabery’s non-fiction Opuštěná společnost (Abandoned Society) wins book of the year.
Awards | 21. 3. 2018
Kateřina Tučková to receive Italian award
Premio Salerno Libro d’Europa for Žítkovské bohyně (The Žítková Goddesses).
Awards | 12. 3. 2018
Magnesia Litera nominations announced
The prestigious Czech literary award has revealed its nominations for 2018.
Awards | 20. 1. 2018
Jaroslav Rudiš to receive German Preis der Literaturhauser (Award of Literature Houses)
The prestigious literary award will be presented at the Leipzig Book Fair on 15 March.
Awards | 12. 1. 2018
Call for Submissions: 2018 Susanna Roth Award
For the fifth annual international competition for young translators, contestants will translate an excerpt from Karel Veselý’s Bomb★Funk.
Awards | 6. 12. 2017
Jiří Theiner Award – Call for nominations
The prize is named after the man who for many years was editor-in-chief of the magazine Index on Censorship.
Awards | 20. 10. 2017
Jáchym Topol receives State Award for Literature
Topol received the the Czech Republic’s highest literary honour for his latest novel, A Sensitive Person, and his body of work.
Awards | 26. 6. 2017
Tomáš Halík wins Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award
I Want You to Be was awarded the gold medal in the philosophy category by the American Library Association.
Awards | 20. 6. 2017
Petra Hůlová’s ‘Three Plastic Rooms’ receives PEN Translates award
Alex Zucker’s English translation of Hůlová’s fourth novel will be published in November.
Awards | 6. 6. 2017
Tomáš Halík nominated for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award
The award honours the best books from US independent publishers.
Awards | 5. 6. 2017
Tom Stoppard Prize for Sylvie Richterová
The annual prize was first awarded in 1983 and is given to Czech authors for an essay of special significance.
Awards | 2. 5. 2017
Bianca Bellová receives 2017 EU Prize for Literature
Bellová’s novel The Lake (Jezero) was published in 2016 to widespread critical acclaim.
Awards | 28. 4. 2017
Magnesia Litera Awards presented at the National Theatre New Scene in Prague
Book of the year goes to Bianca Bellová for her novel Jezero (The Lake).
Czech authors Bellová, Maňák and Šindelka nominated for EU Prize for Literature
The award aims to put the spotlight on European contemporary fiction.
Magnesia Litera nominations revealed
The prestigious Czech literary award has announced its nominations for 2017.
2016 Czech IBBY Honour Lists
The annual awards are for Czech authors and illustrators of children’s books.
Awards | 9. 1. 2017
Radka Denemarková receives Wald Press Award
The annual prize is given to those who selflessly help others in need.
Josef Škvorecký Award for Zuzana Brabcová’s ‘Aviaries’
Brabcová’s last novel was published posthumously to widespread critical acclaim.
Awards | 27. 10. 2016
Three Czech books on the prestigious White Ravens list
The selection of international children’s and young adult literature is published by the International Youth Library in Munich.
Awards | 25. 10. 2016
Petr Král wins Czech State Award for Literature
Král received the award for his collection of essays, Treasons (Vlastizrady), and for his work published in emigration.
Awards | 31. 8. 2016
Josef Škvorecký Award shortlist announced
The jury of the prestigious award will select the winner at the beginning of November.
Awards | 7. 7. 2016
Antonín Bajaja and Miloš Urban nominated for Russian award
The award for foreign language books is organised by the Mayakovsky Library in St Petersburg.
Awards | 20. 5. 2016
2016 Jiří Orten Award and Czech Book Award winners announced
Sára Vybíralová won the Jiří Orten Award for Trigger, Markéta Baňková won the Czech Book Award for Triviality.
Awards | 3. 5. 2016
2016 Golden Ribbon Awards
The annual awards for children’s and young adult books were announced on 29 April.
Awards | 26. 4. 2016
Petr Král wins Jean Arp Prize for francophone literature
The Czech poet accepted the award on 21 April in Strasbourg.
Awards | 6. 4. 2016
Czech guide to Prague awarded special mention at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Illustrator Michaela Kukovičová and author Olga Černá received the special mention for This is Prague.
Awards | 5. 4. 2016
2016 Magnesia Litera winners announced
The two main awards go to Daniela Hodrová and Anna Bolavá.
Awards | 29. 3. 2016
Jiří Theiner Award goes to Dr Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz
The professor emerita at the University of British Columbia will receive the award in May at Book World Prague.
Awards | 26. 3. 2016
‘The Pilot and the Little Prince’ shortlisted for the UK Literacy Association Book Award
Petr Sís’s biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for children is nominated in the 7-11 category.
Awards | 11. 3. 2016
Czech Book Award longlist announced
The award aims to increase the number of translations of Czech literary fiction abroad.
Awards | 4. 3. 2016
Magnesia Litera nominations announced
The prestigious Czech literary award has revealed its nominations for 2016.
Awards | 12. 2. 2016
The Utopiales Européen Prize for Michal Ajvaz
The author won the prestigious French sci-fi award for his novel The Other City translated by Benoit Meunier.
Awards | 19. 1. 2016
Czech PEN Club awards Karel Čapek Prize to Petr Šabach
Prosaist Petr Šabach became the winner of the 2016 Karel Čapek Prize on 7 January.
Awards | 4. 11. 2015
Four Czech books for children and youth on the prestigious White Ravens list
The catalogue is published every year by the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich.
Awards | 2. 11. 2015
Pavel Šrut receives State Award for Literature for his body of work
Šrut (b. 1940) is an author of prose, poetry and books for children.
Awards | 29. 9. 2015
The 26th Jaroslav Seifert Prize will go to Eugen Brikcius
The prize will be presented to the poet, fiction writer, essayist and visual artist in November.
Awards | 29. 5. 2015
The Vilenica Festival award goes to Jáchym Topol
Jáchym Topol (1962) is a poet, prose writer, essayist and journalist.
Awards | 8. 4. 2015
Two translations of Bohumil Hrabal on the 2015 Best Translated Book Award longlist
Harlequin’s Millions translated by Stacey Knecht and Rambling On: An Apprentice’s Guide to the Gift of the Gab translated by David Short.
Awards | 11. 11. 2014
Petr Sís wins award from The New York Times for ‘The Pilot and the Little Prince’
Sís’s latest book is one of the ten winners of the 2014 Best Illustrated Children’s Books Awards.
Awards | 25. 10. 2014
Patrik Ouředník wins the Czech State Award for Literature
The Czech author living in France was given the award for his body of work, which explores the traditions, values and risks of European culture.
Awards | 8. 10. 2014
Jan Němec wins the European Union Prize for Literature for his novel Dějiny světla
The announcement of this year’s winners took place at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 8 October.
Awards | 13. 6. 2013
Jiří Theiner award for Paul Wilson at Book World
The award was presented to the Canadian translator on 16 May.
Awards | 21. 5. 2012
Ruth Bondy given Jiří Theiner Award
Prague-born Israeli writer, journalist and translator Ruth Bondy is celebrated for promoting Czech literature.
Awards | 27. 5. 2011
Book World announces its winners
The 17th year of the Czech book fair, which took place between May 12 and 15 attracted 38,000 visitors in just four days. Several prizes were awarded during the event.
Awards | 11. 4. 2011
A novella by a young Czech writer wins an English Literary Prize
Hana Sklenková, the University of Plymouth BA in English and Creative Writing and MA in Creative Writing graduate (2007; 2009) has been awarded first prize in The New Writer Prose and Poetry Prizes 2010 for her novella, Cape of Good Hope.