About
Patrik Ouředník, born on 23 April 1957 in Prague, is a Czech writer, translator and essayist. He emigrated to France in 1984 and holds dual Czech-French citizenship. His best-known work, *Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century* (2001), has been translated into more than thirty languages. He received the Czech State Literature Prize in 2014, as well as the Tom Stoppard Prize (2013), the Prix Marguerite Yourcenar (2011) and the Prix Montesquieu (2010). A prolific translator, he has translated from French into Czech (Rabelais, Jarry, Queneau, Beckett, Vian) and from Czech into French (Hrabal, Holan, Skácel, Holub).
* 1957-04-23
Major works
- Europeana: A Brief History of the Twentieth Century (2001)novel
- Case Closed (2006)novel
- Anebo (1992)poetry
- Šmírbuch jazyka českého (1988)dictionary
Key milestones
- 1984Emigrated to France.
- 2014Received the Czech State Literature Prize.
- 1992Co-founded the Free University of Nouallaguet.
Themes
History of the 20th centuryLanguage and translationExile and identityMemory and forgettingLiterary experimentation
Sources: czechlit.cz · english.radio.cz