Jiří Hájíček

In the European Society of Authors' 2013 Finnegan's List, Jaroslav Rudiš selected Hájíček's 2012 novel Rybí krev (Fish Blood) to be more widely translated into European languages. Rybí krev also won the Magnesia Litera Book of the Year for 2013. In 2016, his novel Zloději zelených koní was adapted into a film by Dan Wlodarczyk.

Jiří Hájíček studied at Gymnázium, Týn nad Vltavou and Faculty of Agriculture of the University of South Bohemia. The recorded working language is Czech. The field of work recorded is agricultural engineering, belletristic literature and short story. Residence is recorded at Purkarec and Týn nad Vltavou. Distinctions recorded are "Magnesia Litera" award for the best book of the year, Litera for prose and The Czech Book.

• Name — Jiří Hájíček • Born — 11 September 1967 • Birthplace — České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia • Occupation — Writer • Education — University of South Bohemia • Awards — Magnesia Litera (2006, 2013) • Website — hajicek.info

• Snídaně na refýži (The Breakfast on Safety Island), 1998 – collection of short stories • Zloději zelených koní (The Green Horse Hustlers), 2001 – novel, published also in Hungarian in 2003. Filmed in 2016. • Dobrodruzi hlavního proudu (The Mainstream Adventurers), 2002 – novel • Dřevěný nůž (The Wooden Knife), 2004 – collection of short stories. Four of the stories are included in the English version of Rustic Baroque • Selský baroko, 2005 – novel, published in English as Rustic Baroque in 2012 as well as in Hungarian, Italian and Bulgarian • Fotbalové deníky (The Football Diaries), 2007 – novella • Rybí krev (Fish Blood), 2012 – novel • Dešťová hůl (The Rainstick), 2016 – novel • Lvíčata (Lion Cubs), 2017 – short story published in Best European Fiction 2017