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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.

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.