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Czech writer wins 2014 EU literature prize

09 October 2014 03:12 (UTC +04:00)

The History of Light is a "Bildungsroman" covering more than 50 years of the fascinating life of Drtikol (1883-1961), one of the most renown Czech photographers of the 20th century, who is especially known for his nudes and portraits. Later he gave up photography and concentrated on painting as well as Buddhist religious and philosophical systems.

Nemec is the second Czech writer who has won this award. The first Czech winner of the prize is Tomas Zmeskal who received it in 2011 for his debut novel Milostny dopis klinovym pismem (Love Letter in Cuneiform Script).

Nemec graduated from Brno's Masaryk University, majoring in religious studies and sociology. He studies at present in a doctor's programme at this university. He works as an editor of the Brno-based Host publisher's, which has published his winning novel.

The European Union Prize for Literature is annually bestowed on talented writers from the 28 EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the EU candidate countries since 2009.