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Grants, scholarships... | 14. 10. 2015

Pen Samples Translation Pitch: New Literary Voices – Call For Entries

The event will take place as part of the the 2016 European Literature Night (ELN) in London.

News | 13. 10. 2015

Czech literature in The Missing Slate

Extracts from novels by Jáchym Topol and Hana Andronikova featured in the Central European Issue of the online journal.

Invitation, News | 12. 10. 2015

Budapest Transfer International Festival

Marie Iljašenko, Pavel Maurer and Viktor Faktor from the Czech Republic will take part in the festival which begins on 15th October.

News | 7. 10. 2015

The Czech Republic at the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair

This year, the Czech stand at the international fair will be organised by the Moravian Library in Brno.

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.

Audio, News | 21. 9. 2015

Czech poet J. H. Krchovský on Lyrikline

Eleven of Krchovský’s poems are available in a number of languages on the German website, including German, French and Polish.

News | 11. 8. 2015

Three Czech books to be published in Filipino

The first will be a selection of poetry by Nobel Prize winning Czech poet Jaroslav Seifert.

News | 15. 7. 2015

Petr Bezruč in Asymptote

Three poems translated by Jacob A. Bennett appear in the July issue of the online journal.

News | 12. 7. 2015

Václav Cílek’s ‘To Breathe With Birds’ one of The Guardian’s best holiday reads of 2015

To Breathe With Birds was published this year by University of Pennsylvania Press and translated by Evan W. Mellander.

News | 15. 6. 2015

Literarischer Lenz in Centrope literary festival

Czech authors Kateřina Rudčenková and Martin Reiner took part in the eighth annual festival in Vienna.