Interview | 24. 4. 2014
“Narro, ergo sum,”
says Jiří Kratochvil in this exclusive interview for the English section of CzechLit.
Interview | 9. 2. 2014
“Anyone can dare to review prose,”
says writer Jana Šrámková, who works at the Literary Academy and co-authored Twelve Paragraphs on Prose.
Interview | 10. 1. 2014
“The Poles are close to the Czechs,”
says Marcin Skrabka, Director of Czeskie Klimaty, which publishes and promotes Czech literature in Poland.
Interview | 18. 11. 2013
“Heroism, like cowardice, is a genetic predisposition,”
says writer Tereza Boučková, who has brought out her latest book Šíleně smutné povídky (Madly Sad Stories).
Interview | 14. 11. 2013
“A poem has become part of my life,”
says poet Jakub Řehák, whose second collection Past na Brigitu (Trap for Brigita) won the Magnesia Litera award this year.
Interview | 4. 11. 2013
“I intend to write a black and white animal trilogy,”
says British-based Czech writer Iva Pekárková, whose two latest works, Levhartice and the bilingual Zápisky z Londýna have just come out.
Interview | 2. 10. 2013
“However the novel is received, I spent a great year writing it,”
says editor and novelist Jan Němec, whose fictionalized biography of a prominent Czech photographer comes out this month.
Interview | 23. 7. 2013
“Translators of Czech literature deserve greater attention”
says Dutch translator Edgar de Bruin, owner of the Pluh Literary Agency, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year.
Awards | 13. 6. 2013
Jiří Theiner award for Paul Wilson at Book World
The award was presented to the Canadian translator on 16 May.
Interview | 29. 1. 2013
Interview with John O’Brien of the Dalkey Archive Press
An interview with publisher John O’Brien about his visit to Prague last September, about Dalkey Archive’s further plans in promoting Czech authors, and about the blessings and pitfalls of publishing innovative literature in translation.