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Magnesia Litera
Magnesia Litera is an annual book award held in the Czech Republic since 2002. The prize covers all literary genres in eight genre categories: prose, poetry, children's book (since 2004), non-fiction, essay/journalism (since 2007), translation, publishing achievement, book debut, and the main prize – one of the genre nominee is named the "Czech Book of the Year". The prize is awarded by an independent association Litera which associates members of all Czech literary or book-market organizations: Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Association of Booksellers and Publishers, Czech Centre of International PEN, Czech section of IBBY, Society of Czech Writers, Czech Translators' Guild. Books of the Year * 2022 – : ''Gott: Československý příběh'' ('' Gott: Czechoslovak Story'') (non-fiction) * 2021 – Martin Hilský: ''Shakespearova Anglie'' (''Shakespeare's England'') (non-fiction) * 2020 – : ''Jan Žižka: Život a doba husitského válečníka'' (''Jan Žižka: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Award
A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Many awards are structured with one organization (usually a non-profit organization) as the presenter and public face of the award, and another organization as the financial sponsor or backer, who pays the prize remuneration and the cost of the ceremony and public relations, typically a corporate sponsor who may sometimes attach their name to the award (such as the Orange Prize). Types of awards There are awards for various writing formats including poetry and novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing (such as science fiction or politics). There are also awards dedicated to works in individual languages, such as the Miguel de Cervantes Prize ( Spanish), the Camões Prize ( Portuguese), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radka Denemarková
Radka Denemarková (born 14 March 1968 in Kutná Hora) is a Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places * Czech, ... novelist, dramatist, TV screenplay writer, translator, essayist. Denemarková is the only Czech writer who has received Magnesia Litera Award four times (in different categories – for prose, non-fiction, translation and Book of the Year). Her works have been translated into 23 languages. Life Denemarková studied German and Czech at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, gaining her doctorate in 1997. She worked as a researcher at the Institute for Czech Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and was dramatic advisor at the Na zábradlí theatre in Prague. She has been freelance since 2004. She lives in Prague with daughter Ester and son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Czech Literary Awards
Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus' Places *Czech, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland *Czechville, Wisconsin, unincorporated community, United States People * Bronisław Czech (1908–1944), Polish sportsman and artist * Danuta Czech (1922–2004), Polish Holocaust historian * Hermann Czech (born 1936), Austrian architect * Mirosław Czech (born 1968), Polish politician and journalist of Ukrainian origin * Zbigniew Czech (born 1970), Polish diplomat See also * Čech, a surname * Czech lands * Czechoslovakia * List of Czechs * * * Czechoslovak (other) * Czech Republic (other) * Czechia (other) Czechia is the official short form name of the Czech Republic. Czechia may also refer to: * Historical Czech lands *Czechoslovakia (1918–1993) *Czech Socialist Repu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Czech Literary Awards
A list of Czech literary awards. *Magnesia Litera : Annual book award held in the Czech Republic. *Jiří Orten Award (Cena Jiřího Ortena) : a Czech literary prize given to the author of a work of prose or poetry who is no older than 30 at the time of the work's completion. Named after Jiří Orten *Josef Škvorecký Award (Cena Josefa Škvoreckého) : Prize for the best Czech prose of the past year. Named after Josef Škvorecký *The Czech Book (Česká kniha) : literary prize with the objective of promoting contemporary Czech literature. *Franz Kafka Prize (Cena Franze Kafky) : an international literary award named after Franz Kafka. *Karel Čapek Prize (Czech PEN) (Cena Karla Čapka): for significant literary contributions in support of reinforcing or maintaining democratic and humanist values in society. Named after Karel Čapek. *Karel Čapek Prize (Fandom Prize) (Cena Karla Čapka (cena fandomu)) : awarded to authors of works of science fiction, fantasy or horror written in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Novák (writer)
Jan Novák (born April 4, 1953, in Kolín) is a Czech-American writer, screenwriter and playwright. He writes in both Czech and English, frequently translating his work. He has received awards in both the United States and the Czech Republic. He has worked closely with such figures as Václav Havel and Miloš Forman. Early life and education His family fled Czechoslovakia in 1969, after his father was discovered to have committed embezzlement. They escaped to a refugee camp in Austria, where after corresponding with members of the large Czech-American community in Chicago, they were able to emigrate to Cicero, Illinois. After high school, he initially attended Shimer College, a small Great Books college then located in Mount Carroll. He subsequently attended and graduated from the University of Chicago, receiving bachelor's and master's degrees. Literary career Novák's first published story was the winning entry in a short-story contest by the '' University of Chicago Maroon' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Našinec
Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský *Jiří Barta *Jiří Bartoška * Jiří Bicek * Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla *Jiří Buquoy *Jiří Bělohlávek *Jiří Brdečka * Jiří Březina C * Jiří Čeřovský *Jiří Čunek *Jiří Crha D * Jiří Dopita * Jiří Družecký (1745–1819), Bohemian-born Austrian composer and timpanist *Jiří Dudáček * Jiří Džmura F * Jiří Fischer G *Jiří Grossmann *Jiří Gruša *Jiří Grygar H *Jiří Hanke *Jiří Hájek *Jiří Hála *Jiří Hledík *Jiří Holeček *Jiří Holík *Jiří Homola * Jiří Horák *Jiří Hrdina *Jiří Hřebec *Jiří Hudec * Jiří Hudec (composer) *Jiří Hudler J * Jiří Jantovsky *Jiří Jarošík * Jiri Jelinek (born 1977), Czech dancer * Jiří Jeslínek (other) ** Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1962) **Jiří Jeslínek (footballer, born 1987) * Jiř ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bohumila Grögerová
Bohumila Grögerová (7 August 1921 – 22 August 2014) was a Czech and Czechoslovak poet, experimental poet, and translator. She translated more than 180 writings from French and German in collaboration with her professional and life partner, Czech poet Josef Hiršal, who died in 2003. She also authored children's books and radio plays. Biography Grögerová was born on 7 August 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She graduated from Městské dívčí reálné gymnázium (Practical City Gymnasium for Girls). She enrolled at Charles University in Prague, but left before completing her studies in Czech and Russian. In 2009, Grögerová won the Magnesia Litera prizes for best poetry book and best book for her collection, ''Rukopis'' (''Manuscript''). The Czech chapter of PEN International also honored her with its lifetime achievement award in 2009 as well. Bohumila Grögerová died in Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and List of ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petra Soukupová
Petra Soukupová (born 25 July 1982) is contemporary Czech author, playwright, and screenwriter. Life and career Petra Soukupová was born on 25 July 1982 in Česká Lípa, Czechoslovakia. She studied screenwriting and dramaturgy at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague. She is the author of five books for adults and two children's books. She was a screenwriter on the sitcom Comeback (2008-2010) and the series Kosmo (2016). Petra Soukupová lives and works in Prague. Awards * 2008 Jiří Orten Award * 2010 Magnesia Litera Magnesia Litera is an annual book award held in the Czech Republic since 2002. The prize covers all literary genres in eight genre categories: prose, poetry, children's book (since 2004), non-fiction, essay/journalism (since 2007), translation, pu ... Award for Book of the Year Bibliography * ''K moři''. Brno: Host, 2007. * ''Zmizet''. Brno: Host, 2009. . * ''Marta v roce vetřelce''. Brno: Host, 2011. * ''Pod sněhem' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Balabán
Jan Balabán (29 January 1961 – 23 April 2010) was a Czech writer, journalist, and translator. He was considered an existentialist whose works often dealt with the wretched and desperate aspects of the human condition. Partial biography Balabán was actually born in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia, but he had already moved with his family to Ostrava by the time he was a year old. He graduated from Palacký University, Olomouc with a degree from the Department of Philosophy. Following graduation, he visited England, Canada and the United States. In 1984 he had a two-month internship at Kings College in Aberdeen in Scotland. His first serious publication was a book of short stories – "The Middle Ages" in 1985. He then worked as a technical translator at the Vítkovice ironworks and later as a freelance translator and journalist, making regular contributions to the magazine ''Respekt''. He also translated the works of H. P. Lovecraft and Terry Eagleton into Czech. In the 1990s, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michal Ajvaz
Michal Ajvaz (born 30 October 1949 in Prague) is a Czech novelist, poet and translator, an exponent of the literary style known as magic realism. Biography Born into a family of Russian exiles, Ajvaz studied Czech studies and aesthetics at Charles University in Prague. He currently works as a researcher at Prague's Centre for Theoretical Studies and, in addition to fiction, has published an essay on Derrida and a book-length meditation on Borges. His novel ''Prázdné ulice'' was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for literary achievement (2005), the most prestigious literary award in the Czech Republic. He won the Magnesia Litera 2012 award (book of the year) for his novel ''Lucemburská zahrada'' and the 2020 Czech State Award for Literature for his body of work to-date. Bibliography This incomplete list gives the titles of Ajvaz's works. * 1989 – ''Vražda v hotelu Intercontinental'' (Murder in the Intercontinental Hotel; poems) * 1991 – ''Návrat starého varana' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Hájíček
Jiří Hájíček (born 11 September 1967 in České Budějovice) is a contemporary South Bohemian Czech writer. He started writing poetry in the 1980s in a youth poetry programme hosted by Mirek Kovářík. He won the 2006 Magnesia Litera prize for prose with his novel ''Selský baroko''. In the European Society of Authors' 2013 Finnegan's List, Jaroslav Rudiš selected Hájíček's 2012 novel ''Rybí krev'' (''Fish Blood'') to be more widely translated into European languages. ''Rybí krev'' also won the Magnesia Litera Book of the Year for 2013. In 2016, his novel ''Zloději zelených koní'' was adapted into a film by Dan Wlodarczyk. Work *''Snídaně na refýži'' (''The Breakfast on Safety Island''), 1998 – collection of short stories *''Zloději zelených koní'' (''The Green Horse Hustlers''), 2001 – novel, published also in Hungarian in 2003. Filmed in 2016. *''Dobrodruzi hlavního proudu''(''The Mainstream Adventurers''), 2002 – novel *''Dřevěný nůž'' (''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Hodrová
Daniela Hodrová (born 5 July 1946) is a Czech writer and literary scholar. Biography Hodrová was born in Prague on 5 July 1946. She did postgraduate studies in French and comparative literature. In 1972–75, she worked as an editor of Slavonic literature in the Odeon publishing house. Since 1975, she worked at the Institute of Czech Literature of the Academy of Sciences (prior to 1993 known as the Institute of Czech and World Literature of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences), where she is now a Senior Researcher. Her novels typically incorporate topics from her work as a literary scholar, "especially the classification of novels into roman-realité and the roman-invention, or the pioneering theory about the meaning and forms of the initiation storyline in a work of literature." She is perhaps best known for a trilogy called ''Trýznivé město'' (''City of Torment''), they are distinctive "Prague novels, which aim to convey emblematically the genius loci In classical Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
