Václav Jamek | |
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![]() Václav Jamek | |
Born | 27 November 1949 |
Occupation | Writer |
Václav Jamek is a Czech
writer and
translator. He was born in
Kladno on 27 November 1949.
[1] 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.