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CZECH book world export catalogue Czech Writers Květa Legátová (1919) is the pen name of an author born into a countryside teacher’s family. She studied Czech, German, physics and mathematics and after a short spell as a teacher of German at a conservatory in Brno during the war she worked at a remote one-form schools in the Beskydy mountains. Deemed politically unreliable, she was often forced to move from one school to another. Her teaching career lasted for over forty years. The parts of Wallachia and Moravian Slovakia called Kopanice have for a long time become the main source of inspiration for her balladic and at the same time naturalist stories. In the sixties she co-operated with the Brnobased Host do domu magazine and her radio play was awarded the Prix Bohemia in the early 1990s. In 2001 she made her stunning debut on the Czech literary scene. Winner of the State Award for Literature Bibliography: Želary (The Vilage of Želary), 2001; Jozova Hanule, 2002 16 > news autumn <strong>2003</strong> / spring 2004 Alexandra Berková (1949) Author of prose fiction and screenplays, she graduated from a secondary school of glass-making and went on to study Czech and art education at Charles University, Prague. She was employed as an editor in the Svoboda and Český spisovatel publishing houses. In the 1990s she ran a creative writing seminar with Josef Škvorecký at a private secondary school bearing Škvorecký’s name. At present, Berková is the head of the Department of Creative Writing at the Literary Academy. Back in the second half of the 1980s she cofounded an informal literary group called ‚Hejno českých spisovatelů Mamut‘ ( A Flock of Czech Writer, Mammoth), which brought together nonconformist writers. In 1989 she helped to found the Czech Centre of the P.E.N. Club and the Community of Writers. She is also active in the feminist movement. Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize Bibliography: Knížka s červeným obalem (The Book with the Red Cover), 1986; Magorie aneb příběh velké lásky (Loonysm or the Story of a Great Love), 1991, 1993; Utrpení oddaného Všiváka (The Sufferings of an Affectionate Scoundrel), 1993, 1995; Temná láska (Dark Love), 2000; Dámská jízda (Ladies Only - TV play) 1992; Co teď a co potom (What Now and What Then -TV series); author of radio plays Hana Androniková (1967) Studied at a grammar school in Zlín, from where she went on to the Charles University Arts Faculty, mastering in English - Czech. Having finished her studies she worked as a personnel manager in both foreign and Czech companies. In 1999 she discontinued her business activities and has focused on literature ever since. Her first novel was published in 2001. Winner of the Magnesia Litera 2002 – Discovery of the Year and the Book Club Literary Award 2001 Bibliography: Zvuk slunečních hodin (The Sound of the Sun Dial), 2001; Srdce na udici (Heart on the Hook), 2002 Petra Hůlová (1979) Student of Cultural and Mongolian Studies at the Charles University Arts Faculty, she spent the 2000-2001 school year in Mongolia. This year TORST publishers have published her curiously entitled book Paměť mojí babičce (Memory My Granny). Petra Hůlová is single and has no children. Winner of the Magnesia Litera <strong>2003</strong> – Discovery of the Year Bibliography: Paměť mojí babičce (Memory My Granny), <strong>2003</strong> Ludvík Vaculík (1926) Novelist, essayist, and columnist Ludvík Vaculík was originally trained as a shoemaker and factory worker. After taking a degree in journalism from the School of Political and Social Sciencies he became a warden in an apprentices‘ dormitory, and then an editor at Czechoslovak Radio before moving on to Literární noviny. Of his provocative newspaper columns his „Two-thousand Words” manifesto met with greatest response. Vaculík was persecuted by the authorities in the 1970s when he founded a samizdat series called Petlice (which eventually comprised about 400 books) and signed Charter 77. From the late 1960s till the changes of 1989 he was not permitted to publish in the regular, state-owned publishing houses. In 1996 he received the Order of Tomáš Masaryk. Winner of the Karel Čapek Award 2002 Bibliography: Český snář (The Czech Dream-book), 1980; Dva tisíce slov (Two-thousand Words), 1968; Jak se dělá chlapec (The Making of a Boy), 1993; Jaro je tady (Spring’s Here), 1988; Morčata (Guinea Pigs), 1970; Rušný dům (A Busy House), 1963; Sekyra (The Axe), 1966; Sólo pro psací stroj (Solo for the Typewriter), 1984; Srpnový rok (The Year of August), 1989; Nové vlastenecké písně Karla Havlíčka Borovského (Karel Havlíček Borovský’s New Patriotic Songs), 1990; Stará dáma se baví (The Old Lady’s Having Fun), 1991; Poco rubato 1994; Nad jezerem škaredě hrát (To Play Gross Above the Lake), 1996; Nepaměti (Biograspy), 1998; Cesta na Praděd (On the Way to Mount Praděd), 2001; Loučení k panně (Farewell to a Virgin) Emil Hakl (1958) Studied at the Jaroslav Ježek Academy, specialising in lyrics writing, with extra two years of drama at the same school. Since 1980 he worked as a window-dresser, librarian, petrol station mechanic and sound engineer. Between 1995 - 2000 he composed texts for various advertising agencies. In 2001 he worked as an editor in the literary biweekly Tvar and currently earns his living as a journalist. In the eighties he was focusing on writing verse and preparing and staging drama adaptations of literary works with various amateur ensembles. By the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s he became one of the cofounders of the Modern Illiterate free literary association, which later attracted the collaboration of numerous other authors. He started writing prose in 1998 and has not stopped since. His works have been published in the Iniciály, Týden, Tvar, Aluze, Salon magazines, the Hospodářské noviny daily supplement, the Moderní analfabet (Modern Illiterate) revue, Dobrá adresa internet magazine and a number of anthologies. His poetry and prose have also been broadcasted by the radio. He is represented in the Anthologie de la poésie tchéque contemporaine 1945-2000 (Gallimard, Paris 2002). Winner of the Magnesia Litera <strong>2003</strong> Bibliography: Rozpojená slova (Disjoined Words), 1991; Zkušební trylky z Marsu (Trial Trills from Mars), 2000; Konec světa (The End of the World), 2001, 2002; Intimní schránka Sabriny Black (Sabrina Black’s Intimate Case), 2002; O rodičích a dětech (On Parents and Children), 2002 Petr Borkovec (1970) Having graduated from the Jan Kepler Grammar School in Prague he did not finish his studies at the department of Czech studies of the Charles University Arts Faculty. Since 1992 he was the editor of the Prague revue for Christianity and culture Souvislosti and has worked as a proof reader in the Dnes daily, fiction editor in Nakladatelství Lidové noviny publishing house, headed the Art and Critique supplement of the Lidové noviny daily and also worked as an editor in Literární noviny. He currently earns his living as a freelance writer and poetry translator. His poems have been published in German and Italian, English and French translations are due to be published soon. Winner of the Jiří Orten Prize Bibliography: Poetry books: Prostírání do tichého (Set into Silence), 1990; Poustevna, věštírna, loutkárna (Hermitage, Oracle, Puppetroom), 1991; Ochoz (The Gallery), 1994; Mezi oknem, stolem a postelí (Between Window, Table and Bed), 1996; Polní práce (Fieldwork), 1998 awarded the Hubert-Burda-Preis 2001 and Norbert-C.-Kaser-Preis 2001 for the German translation of Fieldwork. free cycle of twelve poems entitled A.B.A.F., 1994. Needle-Book, <strong>2003</strong> Translations: U řek babylonských (By the Rivers of Babylon), 1996; Ut pictura poesis, 2002, poems by Vladislav Chodasevich, Juriy Odarchenko, Yevgeniy Reyn, Zinayda Gippius, Georgiy Ivanov, Josif Brodsky and others published in magazines, Jasná luna v prázdných horách (Clear Moon in Empty Mountains), 2001 with Vladimír Pucek; drama Oidipus Rex by Sophocles and Oresteia by Aychilos. Jaroslav Rudiš (1972) CZECH book world export catalogue Following his studies at the Turnov grammar school he pursued further academic career in Liberec, Prague, Zurich and Berlin. A graduated teacher of German and history, he was earning his living performing various professions - a Czech brewery’s advertising agent in Germany, baker in the Alps, hotel porter, DJ and sound engineer in a rock club, manager of a punk band, teacher, bricklayer and dairy shop assistant. Currently he is the editor of the Právo daily culture supplement. His works include short stories, poetry and song lyrics. He collects old railway timetables and maps. In 2001-2002 he lived in Berlin on a journalist scholarship from the Free University and is currently recording a debut novel entitled “Heaven under Berlin”. He is also collaborating with the painter Jaromír 99 on his next book - an original black & white comic book from the Sudentenland, to be published under the title “The White Brook”. As an editor he is compiling a reader of contemporary German literature. Winner of the Jiří Orten Award 2002 Bibliography: Nebe pod Berlínem (Heaven under Berlin), 2002 autumn <strong>2003</strong> / spring 2004 news > 17
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