The Czech Book

The Czech Book is a literary prize with international dimension, organized by an independent civic association based in Prague, Czech Republic. The Czech Centres of Madrid, Berlin, Paris, Vienna and Sofia cooperate in the organization of the project amongst other institutions. Since 2013, the project has been sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

The Czech Book Award

The jury, composed of seven academics, literary translators and booksellers, award every year a new narrative book, edited by a national publisher the previous year, with the Czech Book Award. The objective of the award is to promote contemporary narrative Czech literature not only in the country but also, and mainly, abroad; where the institution the “Global Observer” contributes to the diffusion of the laureates titles, reserved for foreign publishers interested in the translation of contemporary Czech writers. Over thirty publishing agencies coming from ten different countries and two continents enjoy of the observer status. The winner of the award gets a prize of 35,000 Czech crowns.

The Czech Book Reader’s Award

It was first granted in 2013. Its objective is to engage the national public in the voting on the best narrative novelty. The associated media involved include: the magazine Xantypa, weekly Reflex, K Revue, electronic magazine Vaše literatura and the Portal of Czech Literature.

Laureates

2012

2013

2014

References

  1. Myšková, Ivana (22 May 2012). "Cenu Česká kniha získal Vladimír Binar za triptych Číňanova pěna" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  2. "Ceny Česká Kniha 2013 ovládly ženy" (in Czech). Reflex. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2015.

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