Czech State Award for Literature


The Czech State Award for Literature 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 Czech koruna. It is awarded each year on October 28 along with the Czech State Award for Translation.

Laureates

Czech State Award for Literature
YearAuthorAwarded WorkReference
2017Jáchym TopolFor the novel Citlivý člověk.
2016Petr KrálFor the book of essays Vlastizrady and for lifetime achievement
2015Pavel ŠrutFor his body of work to-date.
2014Patrik OuředníkFor his body of work to-date.
2013Petr HruškaFor the collection Darmata.
2012Ivan WernischFor his body of work to-date.
2011Daniela HodrováFor the novel Vyvolávání.
2010Antonín BajajaFor the novel Na krásné modré Dřevnici.
2009Zdeněk RotreklFor his body of work to-date.
2008Ludvík VaculíkFor his current literary and publicist work, and for Hodiny klavíru.
2007Milan KunderaFor the first Czech edition of the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, plus his prose and essay work to-date
2006Vladimír KörnerFor Spisy Vladimíra Körnera.
2005Edgar DutkaFor Slečno, ras přichází.
2004Pavel BryczFor Patriarchátu dávno zašlá sláva.
2003Petr KabešFor Těžítka, ta těžítka.
2002Květa LegátováFor her collection of short stories and essays Želary.
2001Věroslav MertlFor Hřbitov snů.
2000Karel ŠiktancFor Šarlat.
1999Josef ŠkvoreckýFor his extensive and significant work to-date.
1998Vladimír MacuraFor Guvernantka a Český sen.
1997Milan JankovičFor Kapitoly z poetiky Bohumila Hrabala.-
1996Emil JulišFor Nevyhnutelnosti.
1995Ivan DivišFor Teorie spolehlivosti.-