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A Contribution to the History of Joy

Radka Denemarková: Hodiny z olova (Host)

“Life always brings me topics to explore”

Sunday March 7th, 2021Thursday February 25th, 2021

Presentation on Radka Denemarková by Ruth Fraňková, published in The Czech Books You Must Read series, Radio Prague International (24. 2. 2021). Radka Denemarková is one of the most widely translated contemporary Czech authors. She … Read more »

Categories Radio, Interview Tags Hours of Lead, Money from Hitler, A Contribution to the History of Joy
Radka Denemarková (Knjige pod jelkami, 17. 12. 2020)

(čeština) Nevěřím lidem, kteří nečtou

Thursday December 24th, 2020Wednesday December 23rd, 2020

Sorry, this entry is only available in Czech.

Categories Interview Tags Hours of Lead, Kobold, Money from Hitler, A Contribution to the History of Joy, Death, Thou Shall Not Be Afraid: The Story of Petr Lébl, Sleeping Disorders
Radka Denemarková: Contribucion a la historia de la alegria (2020, ES).

A Contribution to the History of Joy in Spanish!

Tuesday September 1st, 2020Tuesday September 1st, 2020

Radka Denemarková’s novel A Contribution to the History of Joy is published in Spanish by the prestigious Galaxia Gutenberg publishing house. Radka Denemarková: Contribución a la historia de la alegría. Translated by Montse Tutusaus. Galaxia Gutenberg, … Read more »

Categories News, Foreign edition Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy, Spanish
Zug, Schweiz

Writer’s residence in Switzerland

Thursday October 29th, 2020Friday August 28th, 2020

From August to January, Radka Denemarková is on a writer’s fellowship in Switzerland, where she is writing her next novel. She received an invitation from the LANDIS & GYR STIFTUNG Foundation following last year’s prestigious … Read more »

Categories News, Prize, Writer in residence Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy, Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk, Switzerland
La cultura in quarantena, Centro ceco Milano

Interview with Alessandro Catalano (Czech & Italian)

Saturday June 6th, 2020

The online interview with Radka Denemarková held by the director of the Czech Center Milano, Simona Calboli, and by the translator and university professor of the University of Padua, Alessandro Catalano. Chiara Macconi, professor at … Read more »

Categories News, Interview Tags China, democracy, Hours of Lead, Money from Hitler, A Contribution to the History of Joy, Taiwan

The Power of Literature: Interview with Anita Musioł

Saturday May 23rd, 2020Saturday April 11th, 2020

Interview with Anita Musioł in English. Published in the Polish journal Przekrój, 8. 4. 2020. Read interview

Categories Interview Tags Kobold, A Contribution to the History of Joy
Radka Denemarková: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Freude. Transl. by Eva Profousová. Hamburg: Hoffman und Campe Verlag, 2019.

Mirko Schwanitz´s Interview with Radka Denemarková / Radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur

Thursday February 28th, 2019Wednesday February 27th, 2019

On the following Link you can listen to the Mirko Schwanitz’s interview about German edition of  “A Contribution to the History of Joy”. Audio, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, February 26, 2019

Categories News, Radio Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy
Radka Denemarková a Andrea Zavettieri

A Contribution to the History of Joy in Italian and Serbian translation!

Wednesday August 8th, 2018Tuesday May 8th, 2018

Italian: Contributo alla storia della goia. Translated by Angela Zavettieri. Sovera edizioni, Rome 2018. Serbian: Prilog istoriji radosti. Translated by Uroš Nikolić. Štrik, Beograd 2018.

Categories News, Foreign edition Tags Italy, A Contribution to the History of Joy, Serbia, Serbian
Udělení ceny WALD Press AWARD Radce Denemarkové

WALD Press AWARD

Saturday August 4th, 2018Monday December 12th, 2016

PRAGUE. Presidential Lounge of the Rudolfinum, 18th December 2016, at 10 a.m. WALD Press publisher was founded in 1995 in the honour of František Wald (1861-1930), professor of theoretical chemistry and metallurgy, and Dean of  the Czech … Read more »

Categories Prize, Award Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy, WALD Press AWARD
Radka Denemarková: Příspěvek k dějinám radosti. Design: Lucie Zajíčková

A Contribution to the History of Joy in The Guardian

Saturday August 4th, 2018Tuesday March 8th, 2016

An excerpt in English: A Contribution to the History of Joy. Translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood. The Guardian, 8. 3. 2016.

Categories Translation, Texts Tags English, A Contribution to the History of Joy
Radka Denemarková (photo by David Konečný)

Radka Denemarková in the Authors’ Reading Month

Friday August 24th, 2018Thursday July 16th, 2015

BRNO, OSTRAVA, KOŠICE, LVIV (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine). From 16. to 19. 7. 2015. Brno Thu 16.7. at 20:30 Ostrava Fri 17.7. at 20:30 Košice Sat 18.7. at 18:00 Львів Sun 19.7. at 19:00 Program of the Authors´Reading month … Read more »

Tags Author’s Reading Month, A Contribution to the History of Joy

Discussion with Radka Denemarková in Bratislava (Slovakia)

Friday August 24th, 2018Monday May 18th, 2015

BRATISLAVA. Martinus.sk bookshop, Obchodná 26, Bratislava. 18. 5. 2015 at 6 p.m. Poster Photo Gallery

Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy

“Book World” fair in Prague

Friday August 24th, 2018Saturday May 16th, 2015

PRAGUE, “Book World” Fair – Saturday, 16th May 2015 from 1 to 1.50 p.m. Radka Denemarková: A Contribution to the History of Joy How much violence and war we still have to experience, before a human being … Read more »

Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy
Photo by Michael Wellner-Pospíšil

Author’s reading and discussion in Paris, France

Friday August 24th, 2018Thursday March 19th, 2015

PARIS, Centre Malesherbes, salle 119 bis Université Paris-Sorbonne 108 bd Malesherbes, Paris 17e; Métro Malesherbes – Thursday 19th March 2015 at 6 p.m. Radka Denemarková: Příspěvek k dějinám radosti (A Contribution to a History of Joy) Author’s reading and … Read more »

Tags France, French, A Contribution to the History of Joy

Nomination for the Czech Book Award

Saturday August 4th, 2018Friday March 13th, 2015

The novel Contribution to the History of joy is nominated for the Czech Book Award 2015! VOTE HERE. Deadline: 12th May 2015. Award winners will be announced on 14th May, 5 p.m., at the Book … Read more »

Categories Prize, Award Tags Czech Book Prize, A Contribution to the History of Joy

Author’s reading in Prague (Czech Republic)

Friday August 24th, 2018Tuesday March 10th, 2015

PRAGUE. Informační centrum Praha 3, Milešovská 846/1 – Tuesday, 10th March 2015, 6 p.m. Author’s reading: Radka DENEMARKOVÁ. www.praha3.cz • www.facebook.com/praha3.cz Invitation

Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy

Broadcast on Radio Vltava (Telefonotéka)

Saturday August 4th, 2018Tuesday March 3rd, 2015

CZECH RADIO VLTAVA. Telefonotéka, 23. 3. 2015 at 9:30. On Monday, 23rd March 2015, Radka Denemarková will be a guest of TELEFONOTÉKA on the Czech Radio Vltava station (live broadcast from 9:30 to 11:20). Telephone … Read more »

Categories Radio Tags Czech Radio, A Contribution to the History of Joy

Author’s Reading in Frýdek-Místek (Czech Republic)

Friday August 24th, 2018Wednesday February 18th, 2015

FRÝDEK – MÍSTEK. Kapitola bookshop. 18th February 2015, 17:00. Radka Denemarková: Příspěvek k dějinám radosti. Discussion and book signing. Invitation

Tags A Contribution to the History of Joy

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