DEPO2015 25. 9 - 26. 9. 2020
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Svět knihy, Ltd. – we are a company of the Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers. Our main activities include the holding of the international book fairs and literary festivals Book World Prague and Book World Pilsen.
MoreInternational book fair and literary festival – the biggest celebration of books in the Czech Republic. 4 days, 50 000 visitors, around 400 exhibitors, 800 guests, 650 accompanying programmes.
MoreInternational book fair and literary festival – autumn book event held at the DEPO2015 venue since 2018, presenting book production from over sixty publishers. The region of Pilsen hosts dozens of Czech and foreign authors, presenting themselves in a two-day colourful showcase of genres and literary programmes.
#kulturazije – we are interested in everything concerning books. During the quarantine we wasted no time and introduced an array of Czech authors: interviews with them and the readings they performed are available online. Follow our YouTube channel.
MoreJaroslav Rudiš patří k našim nejúspěšnějším autorům. Bereme ho za svého, ačkoli už delší dobu žije v Německu a svůj poslední román vydal nejprve německy. - Máte nějaké reakce od českých čtenářů na to, že jste se román Winterbergova poslední cesta rozhodl napsat nejprve německy? Nebál jste se, že budou trochu uraženi? Jste přece „jejich“ autor? - Píšu v obou jazycích, a tak to asi nějak bude i do budoucna. A jsem rád, že několik mých českých čtenářů si tu knihu přečetlo hned v němčině. Mimochodem česky teď vzniká divadelní hra pro plzeňské divadlo, kterou píšeme s Petrem Pýchou. Jmenuje se Vánoce na poušti. Je to komedie o české rockové kapele Tataturk, která se, aniž o tom ví, proslaví v Turkmenistánu. Premiéra bude v červnu 2021, režii má Natália Deáková.
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Since 2011, the Book World company organises the Jiří Theiner Award, presented to a person or institution who has significantly contributed to the dissemination and promotion of Czech literature abroad. This year’s winner is the scholar in Czech studies and translator of Czech authors into Polish Jan Stachowski.
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If I were to choose a single word, it would have to be obstinacy. Her books must be swallowed like bitter pills. She has infused the language of prose with lyrical imagery. She does not walk the treated path, she stomps to make the matter crack. Her literature is a world unto itself. Herta Müller’s books testify to a naked human being and terror, whose face is all-smiling and surrounded by jam jars, barbers, institutionalised meetings, suicides, blossoming gardens, derelict parks, and the omnipresent gulping of blood. Both in the literal and metaphorical sense. Her writing brushes against the subconscious. She prods the aching gum with a needle.
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