The Czech State Award for Literature (Czech: Státní cena za literaturu) is an award given by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. The Czech State Award for Literature is awarded for an original literary work in Czech published during the preceding year or in recognition of a lifetime's work of excellence. The prize consists of a certificate and 300,000 CZK. It is awarded each year on 28 October along with the Czech State Award for Translation.[1]
Czech State Award for Literature
Year | Author | Awarded work | Reference | |
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2022 | Kateřina Tučková | For the novel Bílá Voda and for her body of work. | [2] | |
2021 | Miloslav Topinka | For his body of work. | [3] | |
2020 | For lifetime achievement. | [4] | ||
2019 | For lifetime achievement. | [5] | ||
2018 | Not awarded | Jiří Hájíček refused the award. | [6] | |
2017 | For the novel Czech: Citlivý člověk and for lifetime achievement. | [7] | ||
2016 | For the book of essays Czech: Vlastizrady and for lifetime achievement | [8] | ||
2015 | For his body of work to-date. | [9] | ||
2014 | For his body of work to-date. | [10] | ||
2013 | For the collection Czech: Darmata. | [11] | ||
2012 | For his body of work to-date. | [12] | ||
2011 | For the novel Czech: Vyvolávání. | [13] | ||
2010 | Antonín Bajaja | For the novel Czech: Na krásné modré Dřevnici. | [14] | |
2009 | For his body of work to-date. | [15] | ||
2008 | For his current literary and publicist work, and for Czech: Hodiny klavíru. | [16] | ||
2007 | For the first Czech edition of the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, plus his prose and essay work to-date | [17] | ||
2006 | For Czech: Spisy Vladimíra Körnera. | [18] | ||
2005 | Edgar Dutka | For Czech: Slečno, ras přichází. | [19] | |
2004 | Pavel Brycz | For Czech: Patriarchátu dávno zašlá sláva. | [20] | |
2003 | For Czech: Těžítka, ta těžítka. | [21] | ||
2002 | For her collection of short stories and essays Czech: Želary. | [22] | ||
2001 | Věroslav Mertl | For Czech: Hřbitov snů. | [23] | |
2000 | For Czech: Šarlat. | [24] | ||
1999 | For his extensive and significant work to-date. | [25] | ||
1998 | For Czech: Guvernantka a Český sen. | [26] | ||
1997 | For Czech: Kapitoly z poetiky Bohumila Hrabala. | - | ||
1996 | For Czech: Nevyhnutelnosti. | [27] | ||
1995 | For Czech: Teorie spolehlivosti. | - |