Magdaléna Platzová (born 8 March 1972) is a Czech writer.
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Born | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 8 March 1972
Nationality | Czech Republic, France |
Genre | novel, short story, play |
The daughter of Eda Kriseová , a journalist, and Josef Platz, a director of documentaries, she was born in Prague. She was educated in Washington, D.C., and England; Platzová received a MA in philosophy from Charles University. During her twenties, she was a member of a Franco-Czech theater group. In the late 1990s, she was assistant to Petr Lébl at the Theatre on the Balustrade. From 2009 to 2012, she lived in New York City; she taught a course on Franz Kafka at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. She is an editor and contributor on cultural topics to Czech newspapers Respekt and Literární noviny . Since 2012, Platzová lives in Lyon.[1][2]
In 2003, she published a collection of short stories Sůl, ovce a kamení ("Salt, Sheep and Stone"). Her plays Na útěku ("On the Run") and Sayang were finalists for the Alfréd Radok Awards.[1]
Her work has been translated to English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Croat, Slovenian and French.[1]
Selected work[1] edit
- Návrat přítelkyně ("The Return of a Friend"), novella (2004)
- Aaronův skok, novel (2006), translated to English as Aaron’s Leap (2014)[2]
- Recyklovaný muž ("The Recycled Man"), short stories (2008)
- Toník a jeskyně snů ("Tonik and the Cave of Dreams"), children's book (2010)
- Anarchista ("The Attempt"), novel (2013), translated into English as "The Attempt" (2016)
- "Druhá strana ticha" ("The Other Side of Silence") (2018)
- "Máme holý ruce" ("Our Hands are Bare"),(2019) book on Velvet revolution for young adults
- "Život po Kafkovi" ("Life after Kafka"), (2022) novel about Felice Bauer.
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Magdaléna Platzová". Czech Literary Centre.
- ^ a b "Magdaléna Platzová". Words without Borders.