English
Petra Soukupová
born 1982
prose writer, script writer
author of four books of fiction for adults and one book for children
for her first novel
K moři / To the Seaside she was awarded the Jiří Orten Prize (prestigious award for authors under 30), and shortlisted for the Magnesia Litera Prize for prose and the Josef Škvorecký Prize (all in 2008); she has also been awarded two important domestic prizes for her film scripts; in 2009, she was shortlisted for the Josef Škvorecký Prize again, this time for her second book
Zmizet / To Disappear; this book was awarded the main Magnesia Litera prize for The Book of the Year 2010
more than 80 000 copies of her books sold in the Czech Republic alone
her books published in Slovenia, Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, translations are pending in Serbia, Macedonia, Albania and Ukraine too
Detailed information about Petra Soukupová and her books in English
here.
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