The kindness of a swallow
carries more weight than
the laws of rulers.
– A Contribution to the History of Joy
Photo by Tobias Böhm
Radka Denemarková is a Czech novelist, dramatist, scenarist, essayist, translator of German literature, and creative writing teacher. Four-time Magnesia Litera prize winner – for prose, non-fiction, translation and Book of the Year 2019.
Latest Book
Hours of Lead
A comprehensive novel inspired by author’s stays in China.
The same decisive sentence will strike into fate of families of different generations from several European countries and social strata. A Czech businessman, his wife and teenage daughter, a Russian diplomat, French writer, student of calligraphy, chef and many other protagonists…
Magnesia Litera Prize – Book of the Year 2019
Book Reviews
Reading MONEY FROM HITLER is a mind shattering experience. The novel tells a classical story of persecution and expulsion, but also of a fight for justice. Radka Denemarková has made a major contribution, with a literary mastery, to the extensive chronicles of the history of German-Czech-Jewish relationships.From Georg Dehio Prize jury's justification
A struggle to resurrect the genre. The novel is a genre based mostly on a game and Radka Denemarková knows that well. KOBOLD consist of two parts. Each of them has its own boards – vis-á-vis each other. Both parts feature the Kobold – gnome, elf, leprechaun. The narrative is ruled sometimes by fire, sometimes by water. Or maybe the other way around? That is up to the reader.Marek Dobrý, ČRo Radio Wave