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Robert Svoboda

Czech Hungarian scholar living in Budapest graduated from the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, and the Faculty of Arts, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest. He has lived in Hungary since the 1970s. He is a former journalist, radio editor, Budapest correspondent for various Czech and Slovak media in the 1990s, currently working as a freelance translator, interpreter, editor and publicist. He translates Hungarian prose and poetry into Czech and is also involved in the popularization of Czech culture in Hungary. Winner of the Magnesia Litera award and the Josef Jungmann Award for the translation of Péter Esterházy’s novel Harmonia caelestis. This year’s fair will present two collections of poetry he translated (Borbála Szabó – Dániel Varró: Lyříček a Epička (Lyric and Epic) and Zita Izsó: Oplocený les (Fenced Forrest).

 Robert Svoboda

Guest program

Zsolt Kácsor: Gypsy Moses

Book World Prague 2025

12:00 - 12:50

Petőfi Agency Nonprofit Ltd.

Czech, Hungarian

The novel by the Hungarian novelist is a delirious trip, a biblical paraphrase, a heroic epic turned inside out and a cry for help for all minorities and people...

Friday, 16. 5. 2025

Bálint Harcos: Confused Robbers

Book World Prague 2025

16:00 - 16:50

Petőfi Agency Nonprofit Ltd., Lisztův institut - Maďarské kulturní centrum Praha, Nakladatelství Protimluv

Czech, Hungarian

Workshop for children with the Hungarian author of popular children’s books. A collection of peculiarly funny fairy tales “The Confused Robbers” and a workshop...

Saturday, 17. 5. 2025