Jan Němec
He was born and raised in Brno. He studied at Masaryk University and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, both in Brno. He has published four books till date: • První život (First Life, poetry, 2007) • Hra pro čtyři ruce (Playing Four Hands, short stories, 2009) • Dějiny světla (A History of Light, novel, 2013) • Možnosti milostného románu (Possibilities of Love Novel, novel, 2019) A History of Light is a biographical novel about the photographer František Drtikol and won The Czech Book, and the European Union Prize for Literature.
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Jan Němec
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- Born
- 1981 · Brno.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic
- Occupation
- writer · journalist · poet · photographer · editing staff
- Fields
- poetry · creative and professional writing · opinion journalism
- Education
- Masaryk University Faculty of Social Studies · Masaryk University Faculty of Arts
- Honours
- European Union Prize for Literature · The Czech Book
- Languages
- Czech
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Jan Němec studied at Masaryk University Faculty of Social Studies and Masaryk University Faculty of Arts. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is poetry, creative and professional writing and opinion journalism. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose. Distinctions recorded are European Union Prize for Literature and The Czech Book.
Jan Němec is recorded with the occupation opinion journalist. Recorded with the occupation editing staff. Recorded with the occupation photographer. Recorded with the occupation writer. Recorded with the occupation poet. Classed in the genre prose. Recorded as writer, journalist, poet, photographer and editing staff.
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Jan Němec, recorded as a writer and editor, was born in 1981 in Brünn. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Czech writer Jan Němec in Mikulov, May 2022.
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1981
Jan Němec was born on 21 June 1981.
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