12. 10. 2022 The Museum of Czech Literature: We are open!

The Museum of Czech Literature: We are open!

Memorial of National Literature = Museum of Czech Literature After almost seventy years, the Memorial of National Literature has changed its name and headquarters. It moved from the Strahov Monastery to the Petschek Villa in Bubeneč and opened its collections to the public as the Museum of Literature. Thousands of archival materials, books and works of art found in its collections have been…

1. 6. 2022 The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 Results

The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 Results

Results of the Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 competition to be found here. Congratulations!

13. 4. 2022

56th (thematic) issue of the annual Literární archiv (Literary Archive) for 2024

The Third Space of Czech Literature 56th (thematic) issue of the annual Literární archiv (Literary Archive) for 2024 Guest Editor: Marek Nekula (University of Regensburg) Editor-in-Chief: Tereza Sudzinová As recently as the eighteenth century, Czech literature was not written exclusively in Czech. This began to change in the first half of the nineteenth century. During the second half of…

13. 4. 2022 The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 Nominations

The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 Nominations

THE MBCBY 2021 NOMINATIONS Non-fiction Literature +- 160 let (TON)  Brněnský fenomén Lesná (Vysoké učení technické v Brně – Nakladatelství VUTIUM)  Civilizovaná žena (Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze)  Divadlo ulice (Vysoká škola uměleckoprůmyslová v Praze)  Divočina, peníze, beton... (Arnica – Centrum pro podporu občanů)  Průvodce po zaniklých obcích, osadách a samotách pod…

24. 1. 2022 The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 applications open

The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year 2021 applications open

The Most Beautiful Czech Book of the Year 2021 competition has opened the application form (only in Czech). Applications close on 28 February 2022. The Most Beautiful Czech Books of the Year competition looks at the polygraphy, graphic and illustrative aspects of books that are published by Czech publishers and printed by Czech printing companies during the previous calendar year.