Tomáš Zmeškal (born 1966) is a
Czech writer. He was born in
Prague
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to a
Congolese father and a Czech mother. In 1987, he left the then-
Czechoslovakia
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to live in
London
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, where he studied English language and literature at
King's College King's College or The King's College refers to two higher education institutions in the United Kingdom:
*King's College, Cambridge, a constituent of the University of Cambridge
*King's College London, a constituent of the University of London
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. He returned after the collapse of communism.
Interview
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for a while, and currently teaches in high school.
Zmeškal was lauded for his debut novel ''Milostný dopis klínovým písmem'' (''Love Letter in Cuneiform Script''), published in 2008. The book won the EU Prize for Literature
The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature among ...
and the Josef Škvorecký Prize. He has published two other books since.
In the 1980s, he was a member of the band Psí vojáci, led by Filip Topol. Zmeškal now lives in Prague.
Works
* ''Milostný dopis klínovým písmem'', Torst 2008, Praha,
* ''Životopis černobílého jehněte'', Torst 2009,
* ''Sokrates na rovníku'', Mishkezy 2013,
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zmeskal, Tomas
1966 births
Living people
Writers from Prague
Czech novelists
Czech people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
Czech male novelists
Czech male writers
Academic staff of Charles University
Czech schoolteachers
Alumni of King's College London