EDUCATION AND AWARDS
2021
Awarded 3rd place in Jiří Levý Translation Contest.
Robert E. Howard – The Tower of the Elephant
2018
Nominated for ASFFH (The Association of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror) Special Award for a series of interviews with translators.
2016
Winner of The Face of Translation contest held by CEATL (Conseil Européen des Associations de Traducteurs Littéraires – European Council of Associations of Literary Translators).
2015
Certificate in Advanced English – Grade A, CEFR Level C2.
2013
Literary Translation Course held by Czech Literary Translator's Guild.
2008
Awarded 3rd place in Jiří Levý Translation Contest.
Jeff Noon – Automated Alice
2006–2010
Palacký University Olomouc – a magister degree in teaching Czech language and literature.
LIST OF TRANSLATIONS
2024
Michael Moorcock – Elric of Melniboné / Elrik z Melniboné (forthcoming)
Joseph S. Pulver Sr. – A Long, Dark, Grim Road / Dlouhá, temná, chmurná cesta (a novella)
Stephen King – Lovecraft’s Pillow / Lovecraftův polštář – a foreword to Michel Houellebecq’s H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life
Alistair Rennie – Ruptured World – Exoplanetary – with Háta Kreisinger Komňacká (a short story)
Kevin Hearne – Staked / Nabodnutý (a novel)
2023
eds. Marie O’Regan and Paul Kane – Cursed / Prokletí; two stories:
● Catriona Ward – A That Age / V tom věku
● Angela Slatter – New Wine / Nové víno
M. Rickert – The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece / Veledílo malíře mrtvol (a short story)
Livia Llewellyn – The Last, Clean, Bright Summer / Poslední čisté, jasné léto (a short story)
John Gwynne – The Hunger of Gods / Hlad bohů (a novel)
Gwendolyn Kiste – The Girls from the Horror Movie / Holky z hororu (a short story)
Gwendolyn Kiste – The Rust Maidens / Rezavé panny (a novel)
Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora / Lži Lockeho Lamory (a novel)
2022
Gwendolyn Kiste – The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra’s Diary) / Osm lidí, kteří mě zavraždili (výňatek z deníku Lucy Westenrové) (A2 2022/25–26)
eds. Ellen Datlow and Lisa Morton – Haunted Nights / Stíny Halloweenu; one story;
● S. P. Miskowski – We're Never Inviting Amber Again / Amber už víckrát nepozveme
Anya Martin – The Prince of Lyghes / Sedmilhář (a short story)
Gwendolyn Kiste – Late-Night Drive / Pozdně noční projížďka (Tvar 2022/18)
John Gwynne – The Shadow of the Gods / Stín bohů (a novel)
Robert E. Howard – Conan the Cimmerian / Dobrodruh Conan (a short story collection)
N. K. Jemisin – The Shadowed Sun / Slunce ve stínu (a novel)
Livia Llewellyn – The Last, Clean, Bright Summer / Poslední čisté, jasné léto (Pevnost 2022/7)
Livia Llewellyn – The One That Comes Before / Ta, co jde první (a novella)
Kevin Hearne – Shattered / Zničený (a novel)
Gwendolyn Kiste – All the Ways to Hollow Out a Girl / Všemožné způsoby, jak umrtvit holku (a short story)
Robert E. Howard – The Tower of the Elephant / Sloní věž (Plav 2022/2)
2021
Anya Martin – Grass / Tráva (a novella)
Anya Martin – The Prince of Lyghes / Sedmilhář (A2 2021/22)
N. K. Jemisin – The Killing Mooon / Smrtící luna (a novel)
Robert E. Howard – The Tower of the Elephant / Sloní věž (Pevnost 2021/6)
Alistair Rennie – BleakWarrior / Chmurný Válečník (a novel)
Joe Abercrombie – Half a War / Půl války (a novel)
2020
N. K. Jemisin – The Stone Sky / Kamenné nebe (a novel)
eds. Silvie Mitlenerová and Jaroslav Olša, jr. – Kuřata v hadí kleci; four stories:
● Eliza Victoria – Stories from the City / Příběhy z města
● Macario D. Tiu – Tsuru / Curu
● Miguel Syjuco – Leaves in the Rain: Redux / Listy v dešti
● Soccoro A. Villanueva – We Won't Cry About This / Přece kvůli tomu nebudeme plakat
2019
Kevin Hearne – Trapped / Nahraný (a novel)
N. K. Jemisin – The Obelisk Gate / Brána z obelisků (a novel)
Alistair Rennie – Love on the Heels of Certain Death / Chmurný Válečník (an excerpt from BleakWarrior, published in A2 cultural biweekly)
Joe Abercrombie – Half the World / Půl světa (a novel)
2018
Becky Masterman – A Twist of the Knife / Sůl do rány (a novel)
N. K. Jemisin – The Fifth Season / Páté roční období (a novel)
Joe Abercrombie – Half a King / Půl krále (a novel)
ed. Gardener Dozois – The Book of Swords / Kniha mečů; one story:
● Scott Lynch – The Smoke of Gold Is Glory / Kouř ze zlata je sláva
2017
Becky Masterman – Fear the Darkness / Boj se tmy (a novel)
ed. Ian Whates – Legends: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell / Legendy: Povídky na počest Davida Gemmella
(an anthology)
Jess Kidd – Himself / Živel (a novel)
2016
Alex Shvartsman – High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity / Hi-tech víly a patálie s Pandorou (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
Robert Littell – The Amateur / Amatér (a novel)
Alistair Rennie – Sword and Sorcery / Meč a magie (an article, published in XB-1 magazine)
Alan Campbell – Iron Angel / Železný anděl (a novel)
2015
Alex Shvartsman – Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma / Jak babičce vysvětlit boha Cthulhu (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
Joe Haldeman – Tricentennial / Třísté výročí (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
Kevin Hearne – The Shield of Gaia / Gaiin štít (a short story collection)
Ted Kosmatka – Deadnaughts / Do hlubin smrti (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
David Gemmell – Echoes of the Great Song / Ozvěny velké písně (a novel)
Becky Masterman – Rage Against the Dying / Běsni a zuř (a novel)
Blake Charlton – Spellwright / Čarotepec (a novel)
2014
Derek Künsken – The Way of the Needle / Cesta Jehly (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
David Gemmell – White Wolf / Bílý vlk (a novel)
C. C. Finlay – The Political Officer / Politický důstojník (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
Kevin Hearne – Tricked / Napálený (a novel)
2013
Kevin Hearne – Hammered / Praštěný (a novel)
Kevin Hearne – Kaibab Unbound / Odpoutaný Kaibab (a short story, published in Pevnost magazine)
David Gemmell – Fall Of Kings / Pád králů (a novel)
Scott Lynch – He Built the Wall to Knock It Down / Postavil zeď, aby ji zbořil (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
2012
Kevin Hearne – Hounded / Prohnaný (a novel)
Brad R. Torgersen – Outbound / Průzkumníci (a short story, published in XB-1 magazine)
John C. Wright – Mists of Everness / Mlhy Věčnosti (a novel)
David Gemmell – The Shield of Thunder / Štít hromu (a novel)
Catherynne M. Valente – Silently And Very Fast / Potichu a velmi rychle (a novella, published in XB-1 magazine)
Kevin Hearne – Hexed / Proklatý (a novel)
Kevin Hearne – Clan Rathskeller / Klan Rathskellerovců (a short story, published in Pevnost magazine)
ed. Jonathan Strahan – The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Six / Nejlepší science fiction a fantasy 2011; five stories:
● E. Lily Yu – The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees / Vosy kartografky a včely anarchistky
● Kij Johnson – The Man Who Bridged the Mist / Muž, který přemostil mlhu
● M. Rickert – The Corpse Painter's Masterpiece / Veledílo malíře mrtvol
● Peter Watts – Malak / Malak
● Robert Reed – Woman Leaves Room / Žena odchází z pokoje
2011
eds. Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders – Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery / Meče a temná magie; three stories:
● Steven Erikson – Goats of Glory / Kozy a Sláva
● Michael Moorcock – Red Pearls: An Elric Story / Rudé perly: Elrikův příběh
● Scott Lynch – In the Stacks / Mezi policemi
Scott Lynch – Red Seas Under Red Skies / Rudá moře pod rudými nebesy (a novel)
David Vann – Sukkwan Island / Ostrov Sukkwan (a novella)
Tim Powers – The Stress of Her Regard / Silou svého zraku (a novel)
ed. Jonathan Strahan – The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Five / Nejlepší science fiction a fantasy 2010; four stories:
● James Patrick Kelly – Plus or Minus / Plus mínus
● John Kessel – Iteration / Iterace
● Ian Tregillis – Still Life: A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale / Zátiší: šedesátková pohádka
● Peter Watts – The Things / Věci
2010
John C. Wright – The Last Guardian of Everness / Poslední Strážce Věčnosti (a novel)
eds. Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan – New Space Opera 2; three stories:
● John Kessel – Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance / Události předcházející Helvetskému obrození
● Justina Robson – Cracklegrackle / Třeštivřesk
● John Scalzi – The Tale of The Wicked / Příběh Šibalky
2009
Henry Kuttner – Elak of Atlantis / Elak z Atlantidy (a short story collection)
Scott Lynch – The Lies of Locke Lamora / Lži Lockeho Lamory (a novel)
Alistair Rennie – BleakWarrior Meets the Sons of Brawl / ChmurnýVálečník potkává syny Urvalovy (a short story, published in Pevnost magazine)
2008
eds. Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan – New Space Opera; one story:
● James Patrick Kelly – Dividing the Sustain / Štěpení opěr
eds. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer – The New Weird / New Weird: Trochu divná fantastika; one text:
● New Weird Discussions: The Creation of a Term / Diskuze o New Weirdu: vznik pojmu
Photo: Lenka Šafářová