Václav Jamek
Václav Jamek is a Czech writer and translator. He was born in Kladno on 27 November 1949. He has translated the numerous works from the modern French canon, among them books by , Georges Perec, Michel Tournier, Patrick Modiano, Emmanuel Bove and Henri Michaux.
He is also an award-winning writer, noted for both his poetry and prose. He won the Prix Medicis for his 1989 book Traité des courtes merveilles.
References[]
- ^ "Václav Jamek". czechlit.cz.
- ^ s.r.o, Sabre. "Václav Jamek". PWF.cz.
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- Czech translators
- Prix Médicis essai winners
- Czech male writers
- 20th-century Czech writers
- 21st-century Czech writers
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