The government of the Austrian state of Styria has decided to award the Literary Prize of Styria 2022 to Radka Denemarková. The Literary Prize of Styria is awarded to artists for outstanding literary work. The … Read more »
The swallows fly and chirp. They share jokes about men and women. Sex is a joy. Repeating the same jokes century after century, they collect contributions to the history of joy. They chance upon a … Read more »
REVIEW. Jamal Tuschick: Radka Denemarková – Vorsorgliches Nachschauen. Textland: Made in Germany, 25. 1. 2022. Jamal Tuschick: Kontemplative Praxis und dynamische Repression. Textland: Made in Germany, 26. 1. 2022. Jamal Tuschick: Radka Denemarková – Konversationsäquilibristik. … Read more »
REVIEW. Veronika Schuchter: Radka Denemarková: Im Land der Blauelstern und Krähen. Die Furche, 9. 2. 2022. “Hours of Lead” never tries to disguise the fact that it is a thoroughly politically engaged book. Her ability … Read more »
INTERVIEW. Johannes Jetschgo: “This is terribly normal”. OÖNachrichten, 22. 1. 2022, p. 5. The Czech writer Radka Denemarková on her new novel “Hours of Lead”, indifference about the Chinese police state and new forms of … Read more »
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 »
As part of the ‘Authors and Writers’ interview series presented by Slovenian translator Tatjana Jamnik, Czech writer Radka Denemarková speaks about her work, her relationship with demanding literature, reading and readers, human rights and spiritual poverty. Online discussion: … Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Interview with Anita Musioł in English. Published in the Polish journal Przekrój, 8. 4. 2020. Read interview
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
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.
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 »
An excerpt in English: A Contribution to the History of Joy. Translated by Julia and Peter Sherwood. The Guardian, 8. 3. 2016.
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 »
BRATISLAVA. Martinus.sk bookshop, Obchodná 26, Bratislava. 18. 5. 2015 at 6 p.m. Poster Photo Gallery
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 »
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 »
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 »