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
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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
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, Czech section of
IBBY The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is an international non-profit organization committed to bringing books and children together. The headquarters of the IBBY are located in Basel, Switzerland.
IBBY history
In 1952, Jella Lepm ...
, Society of Czech Writers, Czech Translators' Guild.
Books of the Year
* 2022 – : ''Gott: Československý příběh'' (''
Gott: Czechoslovak Story'') (non-fiction)
* 2021 –
Martin Hilský
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He is most acclaimed for his translations into Czech of William Shakespeare's works for which he was ...
: ''Shakespearova Anglie'' (''Shakespeare's England'') (non-fiction)
* 2020 – : ''Jan Žižka: Život a doba husitského válečníka'' (''
Jan Žižka: The Life and Times of a Hussite Warrior'') (non-fiction)
* 2019 –
Radka Denemarková: ''Hodiny z olova''
* 2018 –
Erik Tabery
''Respekt'' is a Czech weekly newsmagazine published in Prague, the Czech Republic, reporting on domestic and foreign political and economic issues, as well as on science and culture.
History and profile
''Respekt'' was founded very soon a ...
: ''Opuštěná společnost. Česká cesta od Masaryka po Babiše'' (''Abandoned Society: The Czech Journey from Masaryk to Babiš'') (non-fiction)
* 2017 –
Bianca Bellová
Bianca Bellová (born 1970) is a Czech writer. She was born in Prague. She has written a number of books: ''Sentimentální román'' (''Sentimental Novel'', 2009), ''Mrtvý muž'' (''Dead Man'', 2011), ''Celý den se nic nestane'' (''Nothing Happ ...
: ''Jezero''
* 2016 –
Daniela Hodrová: ''Točité věty''
* 2015 – : ''Básník. Román o Ivanu Blatném''
* 2014 – : ''Průvodce protektorátní Prahou'' (''Guide to the Protectorate Prague'') (non-fiction)
* 2013 –
Jiří Hájíček: ''Rybí krev'' (''Fish Blood'')
* 2012 –
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 ...
: ''Lucemburská zahrada'' (''Luxembourg Garden'')
* 2011 –
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
Balabá ...
: ''Zeptej se táty'' (''Ask Dad'')
* 2010 –
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 ...
: ''Zmizet'' (''To Disappear'')
* 2009 –
Bohumila Grögerová
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: ''Rukopis'' (''The Manuscript'')
* 2008 – : ''Záhádky''
* 2007 – : ''Simion Liftnicul'' (translated from Romanian by
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 ...
)
* 2006 – : ''Bohemia''
* 2005 –
Jan Novák: ''Zatím dobrý'' (''So Far So Good'')
* 2004 – : ''Labyrintem revoluce'' (''Through the Labyrinth of Velvet Revolution'') (non-fiction)
* 2003 – : ''Příběhy z dlouhého století – Architektura let 1750–1918 na Moravě a ve Slezsku'' (''Stories from the Long Century: Moravian and Silesian Architecture 1790–1918'') (non-fiction)
* 2002 – : ''Böhmische Dörfer'' (publishing achievement by Triada Publishing)
See also
*
List of Czech literary awards
External links
www.magnesia-litera.cz
Czech literary awards
Awards established in 2002
2002 establishments in the Czech Republic
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