About Václav Jamek
Born 1949. Václav Jamek is a Czech writer, translator, pedagogue, poet, diplomat and essayist.
Václav Jamek (27 November 1949, Kladno, Czech) is a Czech writer and translator. He has translated the numerous works from the modern French canon, among them books by Victor Segalen, Georges Perec, Michel Tournier, Patrick Modiano, Emmanuel Bove, Henri Michaux and others.
He is also an award-winning writer, noted for both his poetry and prose. He won the Prix Medicis for his 1989 book Traité des courtes merveilles.
He lives in Prague.
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Who is Václav Jamek?
Czech diplomat, poet, translator and writer
When was Václav Jamek born?
Václav Jamek was born on 27 November 1949 in Kladno.
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Václav Jamek is a writer, translator, pedagogue, poet, diplomat and essayist.
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Václav Jamek is Czech.
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