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 Magnesia Litera Prize
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
Literary Prize of Styria 2022 (Austria)
Latest Book
As If It All Happened Yesterday
On the basis of a memoirs, legacy, and messages written by survivers ot the Nazi persecution, a book with a remarkable essay about Holocaust by Radka Denemarková and portraits by Karel Cudlín has been published by the Czech-German Fund for the Future on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Second World War.
