Radka Denemarková
Radka Denemarková (born 14 March 1968) is a Czech novelist, dramatist, TV screenplay writer, translator, and essayist from Kutná Hora. Denemarková is the only Czech writer who has received the Magnesia Litera Award four times (in different categories—for prose, nonfiction, translation, and Book of the Year). Her works have been translated into 23 languages.
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Radka Denemarková

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- Born
- 1968. · Kutná Hora.
- Nationality
- Czech Republic.
- Occupation
- writer, novelist, translator, screenwriter, dramaturge, journalist, germanist and theatrologist.
- Fields
- German studies, literary theory, history of literature and translation from German.
- Education
- Charles University.
- Known for
- Money from Hitler.
- Honours
- Magnesia Litera 2009, Magnesia Litera, Magnesia Litera 2019, Magnesia Litera 2011, Usedom Literature Prize and Graz resident writer.
- Languages
- Czech and German.
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Radka Denemarková (born 14 March 1968) is a Czech novelist, dramatist, TV screenplay writer, translator, and essayist from Kutná Hora. Denemarková is the only Czech writer who has received the Magnesia Litera Award four times (in different categories—for prose, nonfiction, translation, and Book of the Year). Her works have been translated into 23 languages.
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Radka Denemarková was dramaturge, germanist and journalist and Czech Republic. Radka Denemarková was born in 1968 at Kutná Hora. Training included Charles University. Honours include Graz resident writer, Magnesia Litera and Magnesia Litera 2009. Among the works is Money from Hitler.
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Life
Life
Radka Denemarková studied at Charles University. The recorded working language is Czech and German. The field of work recorded is German studies, literary theory and history of literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Prague. Works named in the authority record are Money from Hitler. Distinctions recorded are Magnesia Litera 2009, Magnesia Litera, Magnesia Litera 2019 and Magnesia Litera 2011.
Denemarková studied German and Czech at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, gaining her doctorate in 1997. She worked as a researcher at the Institute for Czech Literature of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and was dramatic advisor at the Na zábradlí theatre in Prague. She has been freelance since 2004. She lives in Prague with daughter Ester and son Jan.
Life and career
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1968
Radka Denemarková born at Kutná Hora.
Books
Hodiny z olova [Hours of Lead]. 2018. Brno: Host. 752pp. ISBN 9788075774743. MY 2 / US 2. 2014. A literary original for the feature film. Příspěvek k dějinám radosti [A Contribution to the History of Joy]. 2014. A novel. Spací vady [Sleeping Disorders]. 2012. A book edition of the theatre play. Kobold. Přebytky něhy & přebytky lidí [Kobold: An Abundance of Tenderness & an Abundance of People]. 2011. A double novel. Excerpts published in English. Smrt nebudeš se báti aneb příběh Petra Lébla [Death, You Shall not be Afraid or the Story of Petr Lébl]. 2008. A documentary novel. Peníze od Hitlera [Money from Hitler]. 2006. A novel. A já pořád kdo to tluče [The Devil by the Nose]. 2005. A novel. Sám sobě nepřítelem [An Enemy to Himself]. 1998. A book about the Czech theatre and film director Evald Schorm.
Awards
2003 nominated for Alfred Radok Awards (for dramaturgical achievement, production of Thomas Bernhard’s play Heldenplatz [Heroes’ Square]. Divadlo Na zábradlí, directed by Juraj Nvota). 2005 Europäisches Festival des Debütromans (European Festival of the First Novel) in Kiel (the novel A já pořád kdo to tluče / The Devil by the Nose). 2007 Magnesia Litera award for the best prose work of the year (for the novel Peníze od Hitlera / Money from Hitler). 2009 Magnesia Litera award for the best book in the category of journalism (for the documentary novel Smrt, nebudeš se báti aneb Příběh Petra Lébla / Death, thou shall not be afraid alias the Story of Petr Lébl). 2009 nominated for Josef Škvorecký Award (for the documentary novel Death, Thou Shall not Be Afraid: the Story of Petr Lébl). 2009 nominated for the Angelus Central European Literary Award, Poland (for the novel Money from Hitler). 2011 Usedomer Literaturpreis (Usedom Literature Prize) awarded by German literary critics (for the novel Money from Hitler). Laudatio: Hellmuth Karasek. 2011 Magnesia Litera award for the best translation of Herta Müller’s Atemschaukel (Rozhoupaný dech). 2011 nominated for Josef Škvorecký Award (for the double novel Kobold). 2012 Annual Mladá fronta Publishing House Award for the translation of Herta Müller’s Herztier (Srdce bestie). 2012 Georg Dehio Book Prize (Georg-Dehio-Buchpreis), Germany, Berlin (for the novel Money from Hitler). Laudatio: Andreas Kossert. 2012 nominated for the Czech Book Award 2012 (for the double novel Kobold). 2012 nominated for the Most Beautiful Book Prize (for graphic design), International Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main (the double novel Kobold). 2015 nominated for the Czech Book Award 2015 (for novel A Contribution to the History of Joy). 2016 WALD Press AWARD (for literary work which not only explores new possibilities for the literary form of the novel itself, it also boldly breaks taboos by dealing with themes concerning society’s especially weak and vulnerable). 2017 nominated for the International Literary Prize Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Sweden (for novel Money from Hitler). 2017 Graz City Writer (Stadtschreiber von Graz) 2017/2018, Graz, Austria 2019 Spycher: Literary Prize Leuk (Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk), Switzerland (for novel A Contribution to the History of Joy). 2019 H. C. Artmann Prize (H. C. Artmann-Preis), Salzburg, Austria (for novel A Contribution to the History of Joy) 2019 Magnesia Litera Prize in the category Czech Book of the Year (for novel Hours of Lead). 2022 Literary Prize of the State of Styria (Literaturpreis des Landes Steiermark), Austria (for the novel Hours of Lead) 2022 Brücke Berlin Literature and Translation Prize (Brücke Berlin Literatur- und Übersetzungspreis), Germany (for the novel Hours of Lead) 2024 Medal of Merit
Residences / Scholarships
2007 Lenka Reinerová scholarship, writer in residence, Wiesbaden, Germany (Literaturhaus Villa Clementine). 2008 writer in residence, Berlin, Germany (Literarisches Colloquium Berlin). 2010 writer in residence, Graz, Austria (Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, Internationales Haus der Autoren Graz). 2011 writer in residence, Usedom (Ahlbeck, Ahlbecker Hof), Germany. 2014 writer in residence, Škocjan on the Karst, Slovenia. 2017 writer in residence “Graz City Writer 2017/2018”, Graz, Austria. 2017 writer in residence, Leuk, Switzerland. 2020 writer in residence, Tainan Writers’ House, Taiwan.

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- 1.Radka Denemarková. Radka Denemarkova website.
- 2.Tomasz Kamusella. 2021. Europe’s Hour of Lead. Wachtyrz. 16 Feb.
- 3.Dvořáková, Alena. The China in Us. Dublin Review of Books. July 2020. 2020.
- 4.US 2. Radka Denemarková.
- 5.A Contribution to the History of Joy. Radka Denemarková.
- 6.Sleeping Disorders. Radka Denemarková.
- 7.Kobold. Radka Denemarková.
- 8.Death Thou Shall Not Be Afraid. Radka Denemarková. 4 February 2008.
- 9.Money from Hitler. Radka Denemarková. 6 June 2006.
- 10.The Devil by the Nose. Radka Denemarková. 5 January 2005.
- 11.An Enemy to Himself. Radka Denemarková. 12 December 1998.
- 12.Usedomer Literaturpreis
- 13.2017. Radka Denemarková receives Wald Press Award. CzechLit. 09 Jan.
- 14.Fem nominerade till internationellt litteraturpris – Upsala Nya Tidning.
- 15.Literaturszene: Tschechische Autorin Radka Denemarková wird Grazer Stadtschreiberin. 13 June 2017.
- 16.Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk
- 17.Radka Denemarkova - H. C. Artmann-Literaturstipendiatin 2019 Dead link. November 2024.
- 18.Ruth Fraňková. 2019. Radka Denemarková wins Magnesia Litera with Hours of Lead. Radio Prague International. 04 Aug.
- 19.Landes-Literaturpreis für "Schwalbe von Prag". 18 March 2022.
- 20.Brücke Berlin-Preis 2022 für Radka Denemarková und Eva Profousová. 7 July 2022.
- 21.Borgis. PŘEHLEDNĚ: Seznam všech vyznamenaných. Novinky.cz. 28 October 2024.
- 22.Literarisches Colloquium Berlin.
- 23.Kulturserver Graz.
- 24.Výsledky žádostí o rezidenční pobyt v Tainanu.
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