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Translating Czech -> English | Organizing: NY Dignity Not Detention | Immigration Justice Working Group, SURJ NYC | Literary Translators Division, NWU
Buy Playing Wolf, by Zuzana Říhová
Buy Playing Wolf, by Zuzana Říhová
NEA Fellowship for Biography of a Black-and-White Lamb, by Afro-Czech author Tomáš Zmeškal
NEA Fellowship for Biography of a Black-and-White Lamb, by Afro-Czech author Tomáš Zmeškal
Profile of 2025 NEA Translation Projects Fellowship recipient Photo courtesy of Alex Sucker.
Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová, shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize
Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová, shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize
Ten books reflect “some of the most exciting, innovative and boundary-pushing fiction anywhere”
Buy Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová
Buy Life After Kafka, by Magdaléna Platzová
A Sensitive Person, by Jáchym Topol, shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize
A Sensitive Person, by Jáchym Topol, shortlisted for EBRD Literature Prize
Buy The Book of Prague: A City in Short Fiction
Buy The Book of Prague: A City in Short Fiction
The Lake by Bianca Bellová, translated by Alex Zucker, wins EBRD Literature Prize
The Lake by Bianca Bellová, translated by Alex Zucker, wins EBRD Literature Prize
Buy The Lake, by Bianca Bellová
Buy The Lake, by Bianca Bellová
Buy A Sensitive Person, by Jáchym Topol
Buy A Sensitive Person, by Jáchym Topol
A brutally funny, carnivalesque novel about love, death, and survival, from the Czech Republic’s greatest living author Tab, an itinerant Czech actor, t...
Buy The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka
Buy The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka
Jan Patocka's contribution to phenomenology and the philosophy of history mean that he is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th centur…
Buy The Movement, by Petra Hůlová
Buy The Movement, by Petra Hůlová
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Homepage of Alex Zucker, translator of Czech.
Literary Translators Division, National Writers Union
Literary Translators Division, National Writers Union
Authors Guild Literary Translation Model Contract
Authors Guild Literary Translation Model Contract
The important labor of literary translators deserves fair contract terms and pay. Bringing literary works from one language into another requires great creativity, knowledge, and skills. This is often overlooked or taken for granted, leading many publishers not to credit […]
On the Origins of the Authors Guild Translation Model Contract
On the Origins of the Authors Guild Translation Model Contract
Alex Zucker offers a rundown on the Authors Guild Model Contract and the Survey of Literary Translators’ Working Conditions that preceded it. A must-read for all in the industry!
NY Dignity Not Detention Act
NY Dignity Not Detention Act
Immigration Justice Working Group, SURJ NYC
Immigration Justice Working Group, SURJ NYC
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