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Awards | 29. 5. 2015

The Vilenica Festival award goes to Jáchym Topol

Jáchym Topol (1962) is a poet, prose writer, essayist and journalist.

News | 20. 5. 2015

M.Szczygiel establishes a series of books by Czech authors

The first to be published is Čapek’s The Absolute at Large.

News | 3. 5. 2015

European Literature Night 2015 — Celebrating Literature from Across the Continent

Kateřina Tučková, Jan Němec and Xavier Baumaxa will be featured at the events.

Grants, scholarships... | 25. 2. 2015

The Czech Ministry of Culture has announced its supported translations for 2015

The Ministry has allocated 4 million crowns for 83 translations of Czech literature.

News | 9. 2. 2015

The Czech Ministry of Culture has published a new bilingual booklet on contemporary Czech literature

New Czech Fiction is being published in English and German for the fourth time.

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.

News | 4. 11. 2014

Czech prose in Words Without Borders

The November issue of Words Without Borders, guest edited by translator Alex Zucker, is on contemporary Czech prose.

Contests | 30. 10. 2014

Call for Submissions: 2015 Susanna Roth translation competition

The Literary Section of the Arts Institute is organising an international translation competition for young translators, in collaboration with Czech Centres.

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.