CZECH PEN CLUB PRIZE FOR PETR KOTYK

The Czech PEN Club Prize called ‘Vlastní cestou’ (One’s Own Way) went to Petr Kotyk, a literary historian. The PEN Club committee has bestowed him the prize for his year-long systematic documentary work for contemporary Czech literature and the meritable publishing and exhibition work. The prize for a life-long work was first awarded in 1996 along with the ‘Karel Čapek Prize’. It was Adolf…