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BookWorld - Ten Years Svět knihy, Ltd. - Company of the Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers (ACBP) - has been an active participant in the Czech book market for the past six years and is currently preparing the 10th international book fair in Prague. In the year 1995 Prague hosted two parallel book fairs - the one organised by the re-established Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers attracted numerous visitors, earning the new BookWorld book fair a deserved place on the Czech book scene. The year 1996 was dedicated to Austrian writers, and the French Institute organised a valuable exposition of the F.X. Šalda translation support programme, set in a Cyrano de Bergerac stage design. While still experiencing some growing pains, the visitors’ response to the book fair was encouraging. Book World ‘97 featured Finland as its guest of honour, supported by a rich and varied accompanying programme. It had attracted over 700 companies and the qualitative jump in its organisation still makes it one of BookWorld’s most successful years to date. In that same year ACBP founded Svět knihy, Ltd., which became its „commercial“ tool in the field of promoting Czech publishers and literature. In 1998 BookWorld’s guest of honour had been Israel. The book fair played host to a large number of writers and its accompanying programme spread to several Prague venues. Having attracted permanent awareness of both Czech and foreign professional public, it started to appear in international book event calendars. In 1999 the book fair’s guest was France; the year 2000 had welcomed Wallonie-Bruxelles. Focusing on literature in the French language, both these years offered a wide range of pro-

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grammes and the interest in books in French had exceeded all expectations. BookWorld 2000 was listed as part of the Prague – European City of Culture Project, having presented expositions of the 9 cities boasting that title. In 2001 the focus had been on Switzerland and Prague played host to the Literature Across Frontiers conference, attended by distinguished guests from both Europe and the USA. As the emphasis was placed on literature in minority languages, Switzerland served as a prime example of linguistic „tolerance“. In 2002 the central exposition had been devoted to a collective presentation of the Visegrad states – Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with the main topic being programmes for the support of translations. The entire continent of Africa became the main topic of the recently ended BookWorld 2003. Attractive programme, great guests, enthusiastic visitors. This show of African literature resulted in the biggest number of new translations of works from the guest territory into Czech in the entire history of the book fair. None of this would be possible without co-operation from numerous Czech and foreign institutions, partner organisations, support from exhibitors, the ministry of culture, ministry of foreign affairs, city of Prague, media partners. The organising ACBP and the BookWorld team would like to express their gratitude to all its partners and look forward to meeting their friends and business partners at the 10th Prague BookWorld 2004 on 6 – 9 May 2004. Many successes to you all. Dana Kalinová Director

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CZECH BOOK WORLD NEWS Published by SVĚT KNIHY, Ltd. – COMPANY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CZECH BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS (ACBP) Fügnerovo nám. 3, 120 00 Praha 2 Czech Republic phone: +420 224 498 234-6 phone/fax: +420 224 498 754 e-mail: [email protected] www.bookworld.cz

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Czech Publishers A.R.T. Dialog Michelská 81, Praha 4, 141 00 phone: +420 241 481 442, 241 482 808 fax: +420 241 481 442 [email protected] René J. Tesař, Mr.; Daniela Vranovská Literary Agency

Albatros Publishing House, Co. Inc. Na Pankráci 30, Praha 4, 140 00 phone: +420 234 633 271 fax: +420 234 633 262 [email protected] www.albatros.cz Kateřina Nicajasová, Mrs. Books for Children Apodomus Nosticova 8, Praha 1, 118 00 phone: +420 257 312 240 fax: +420 257 312 240 [email protected] www.apodomus.cz Andrea Regnier, Mrs. Printing and Design, Greeting and Anniversary Cards

ARGO Ltd. Milíčova 13, Praha 3, 130 00 phone: +420 222 781 601 fax: +420 222 780 184 [email protected] www.argo-books.cz Milan Gelnar, Mr. Fiction, Foreign Language Literature, Encyclopedias, Non-fiction, Poetry, Popular Science, Sci-fi, Human and Social Science, the Arts and Architecture

Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers Melantrichova 15, Praha 1, 110 00 phone: +420 224 219 942 fax: +420 224 219 944 [email protected] www.sckn.cz PhDr. Jaroslav Císař, Mr.

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Atlantis Česká 15, Brno, 602 00 phone: +420 542 213 221 fax: +420 542 213 221 [email protected] www.volny.cz/atlantis Jitka Uhdeová, Mrs. Fiction, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Books for Children, Religion, Poetry, Human and Social Science, Textbooks, the Arts, Architecture

B.A.T. Program, Ltd. 1. máje 1000, P.O.B. 77 Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, 756 61 phone: +420 571 604 521 fax: +420 571 602 221 [email protected] www.batprogram.cz Ing. Milada Svobodová, Mrs. Geography, Cartography BOHEMIA Media & Services Ltd. P.O.Box 144, Praha 1, 110 01 phone: +420 732 758 005, 604 533 398 fax: +49 1805 39160 63214 [email protected] www.bohemia.at René Weinhold, Mr. Foreign Language Literature, Newspapers, Magazines, Literary Translations Brána Publishers, Co. LTD. Hradešínská 30, Praha 10, 101 00 phone: +420 271 740 559 fax: +420 271 740 586 [email protected] www.brana-knihy.cz Ing. Helena Zoufalová, Mrs. Fiction, Encyclopedias, Hobby, Entertainment, Leisure Interests, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Human and Social Science, History, Non-fiction, Popular Science BRIO Ltd. Římská 19, Praha 2, 120 00 phone: +420 224 236 280 fax: +420 224 228 533 [email protected] www.briopublishing.cz Dr. Jitka Zahradníková, Mrs. Fiction, Books for Children, Popular Science

Brno University of Technology Vutium Press Antonínská 1, Brno, 601 90 phone: +420 541 145 350 fax: +420 541 145 348 [email protected] www.vutbr.cz PhDr. Alena Mizerová, Mrs. Foreign Language Literature, Economics, Law, Management, Business, Technology, Engineering, Textbooks, the Arts, Architecture C. H. Beck Publishing House Řeznická 17, Praha 1, 110 00 phone: +420 225 993 959 fax: +420 225 993 950 [email protected] www.beck.cz Mgr. Martin Mařík, Mr. Economics, Law, Management, Business , Professional Magazine, Electronic Media Carpe diem Brumovice 175, 691 11 [email protected] www.carpe.cz Michal Huvar, Mr. Fiction, Poetry, CD, CD-ROM, Printing & Design, complete production of books and CDs (also in English, German, Polish), agency services Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Galerie Rudolfinum Alšovo nábřeží 12, Praha 1, 110 00 phone: +420 227 059 206, 111 fax: +420 227 059 206, 291 [email protected] www.czechphilharmonic.cz Daniela Růžková, Mrs.

Europapier - Bohemia Ltd. K Pérovně 1384/13, Praha 10, 102 00 phone: +420 274 009 111, 800 1 PAPER fax: +420 274 009 109 [email protected] Ing. Dana Součková, Mrs. Paper Distribution, Wholesale

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Filosofia, nakladatelství Akademie věd ČR Jilská 1, Praha 1, 110 00 phone: +420 222 220 721 fax: +420 222 220 138 [email protected] www.flu.cas.cz Marie Vučková, Mrs. Human and Social Science, Philosophical Literature Fragment Publishing House Radiová 1, Praha 10, 102 27 phone: +420 267 008 272 fax: +420 267 008 273 [email protected] www.fragment.cz Andrea Kovalčíková, Mrs. Fiction, Encyclopedias, Hobby, Entertainment, Leisure Interests, Books for Children, Printing and Design, Popular Science, Natural Science, Sport, Tourism, Textbooks, Folding Books FRAUS Publishing House, K.S. Goethova 8, Plzeň, 301 31 phone: +420 377 226 102 fax: +420 377 224 594 [email protected] www.fraus.cz Pavel Brejcha, Mr. Foreign Language Literature, Encyclopedias, Book Distribution, Wholesale, Export, Import, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Books for Children, Non-fiction, Electronic Media, Newspapers, Magazines, Printing and Design, Natural Science, Human and Social Science, Sport, Tourism, Textbooks, Dictionaries

Gallery, Ltd. Legerova 70, Praha 2, 120 00 phone: +420 224 225 935 fax: +420 224 225 935 [email protected] www.galleryJK.cz Jaroslav Kořán, Mr. Encyclopedias, Calendars, Popular Science, Human and Social Science, the Arts and Architecture

Harry Putz Publisher P.O.Box 89, Liberec, 460 31 phone: +420 485 103 275 fax: +420 485 103 275 [email protected] Harry Putz, Mr. Textbooks Host - Publishing House Ltd. Přízova 12, Brno, 602 00 phone: +420 543 216 807, 543 216 809 fax: +420 543 216 807 [email protected] www.hostbrno.cz Ing. Ivana Motrincová, Mrs. Fiction, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Poetry Institut zdravotní politiky a ekonomiky Kutnohorská 1102, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, 281 63 phone: +420 321 613 011 fax: +420 321 679 062 [email protected] www.izpe.cz PhDr. Věra Tomandlová, Mrs. Medicine, Healthcare JOTA Publishing, Ltd. Křenová 19, b.1A, Brno, 602 00 phone: +420 537 014 208 fax: +420 537 014 203 [email protected], www.jota.cz Zuzana Klimplová, Mrs. Fiction, Non-fiction, Popular Science, Travelogues Kvarta Publishing House Ltd. Legerova 25, Praha 2, 120 00 phone: +420 224 262 389, 224 262 357 fax: +420 224 262 389 [email protected] www.kvarta-nakladatelstvi.cz Jiří Skácel, Mr. Fiction, Books for Children, Poetry, Textbooks, Picture Books LEDA, Ltd. Voznice 64, 263 01 phone: +420 222 232 018 fax: +420 222 232 013 [email protected] www.leda.cz Dr. Hedvika Baranová, Mrs. Economics, Law, Management, Business, Encyclopedias, Electronic Media, Textbooks, Dictionaries, Language Textbooks Libertas Printing House Co. Inc. Drtinova 10, Praha 5, 150 00 phone: +420 227 018 273 fax: +420 227 018 344 [email protected] www.tiskneme.cz Ing. Jan Minář, Mr. Printing House

LIBREX Raisova 6, Ostrava-Mariánské hory, 709 00 phone: +420 596 621 194 fax: +420 596 621 184 [email protected] www.librex.cz Petr Becher, Mr. Books for Children Macek-Delta Publishing Amálská 6, Kladno, 272 80 phone: +420 312 249 462 fax: +420 312 249 462 [email protected] Ing. Vladimír Macek, Mr. Books for Children Mladá fronta, Ltd. Mezi Vodami 1952/9 Praha 4 - Modřany, 143 00 phone: +420 225 276 280 fax: +420 225 276 278 [email protected] www.mf.cz Martina Boledovičová, Mrs. Fiction, Hobby, Entertainment, Leisure Interests, Books for Children, Non-fiction, Poetry, Popular Science, Natural Science, Sci-fi, Human and Social Science, Sport, Tourism, the Arts, Architecture

Myris Trade Ltd. V Štíhlách, P.O.B. 2, Praha 4, 142 01 phone: +420 234 035 200 fax: +420 234 035 207 [email protected] www.myris.cz Dr. Kateřina Myšková, Mrs. Book Distribution, Wholesale, Export, Import National Gallery in Prague Staroměstské náměstí 12, Praha 1, 110 15 phone: +420 224 301 083 [email protected] www.ngprague.cz Ing. Petr Ivanov, Mrs. the Arts, Architecture NLN, Ltd. - The Lidové Noviny Publishing House Jana Masaryka 56, Praha 2, 120 00 phone: +420 222 512 079 fax: +420 222 514 012 [email protected] RNDr. Eva Plešková, Mrs. Fiction, Encyclopedias, Language and Linguistic Literary Studies, Non-fiction, Popular Science, Natural Science, Human and Social Science, The History and the Present magazine

Olympia Publishing, Inc. Klimentská 1, Praha 1, 110 15 phone: +420 224 810 146 fax: +420 222 312 137 [email protected] Ing. Karel Zelníček, Mr. Fiction, Encyclopedias, Medicine, Healthcare, Books for Children, Non-fiction, Printing and Design, Sci-fi, Sport, Tourism, Textbooks, Popular Science Pastrnak's Austro-Bohemia Press Lindengasse 5, Wien, 1070, Austria phone: +43 1 5263779 phone: +43 699 10596078 fax: +43 1 8123650 P.O.B. 34, Wien, 1071, Austria [email protected] www.austro-bohemia.com Pastrnak Petr, Mr. Czech-Slovak Books, Records, CD, DVDs of all genres. Worldwide delivery Pražská edice Senovážné nám. 20, Praha 1, 110 00 phone: +420 224 223 645 fax: +420 224 221 558 [email protected] www.chexpo.cz Dr. David Kraft, Mr. the Arts, Architecture Publishing House for Transport and Tourism - NADATUR, Ltd. Hybernská 5, Praha 1, 110 00 phone: +420 224 224 749 fax: +420 224 219 547 [email protected] www.nadatur.com Ing. Lenka Patrasová, Mrs. Hobby, Entertainment, Leisure Interests, Calendars, Medicine, Healthcare, Newspapers, Magazines, Popular Science, Technology, Engineering, Printing and Design

Slovart Publishing Ltd. Pekná cesta 6/b, P.O.B. 14 Bratislava 34, 830 04, Slovak Republic phone: +421 244 871 210 fax: +421 244 871 246 [email protected] www.slovart.cz Juraj Heger, Mr. Foreign Language Literature, Economics, Law, Management, Business, Encyclopedias, Book Distribution, Wholesale, Export, Import, Calendars, Books for Children, Popular Science, the Arts, Architecture

Svět knihy, Ltd. (BookWorld) Fügnerovo nám. 3, Praha 2, 120 00 phone: +420 224 498 234-6 fax: +420 224 498 754 [email protected] www.bookworld.cz Dr. Dana Kalinová, Mrs. Main activity is organisation of the annual Book World Book Fair in Prague. It also cooperates with publishers in the sphere of promotion and export of books. The company is developing an information background on entities active in the Czech and foreign book markets. Tigris, Ltd. Nerudova 8, Zlín, 760 02 phone: +420 577 688 124 fax: +420 577 433 935 [email protected] www.tigris.cz Anna Vavrušová, Mrs. Geography, Cartography, Printing and Design, Popular Science, the Arts, Architecture, Old Books, Fine Prints

Sdružení MAC, Ltd. U Plynárny 85/333, Praha 10, 101 00 phone: +420 272 016 611 fax: +420 272 016 612 [email protected] www.mac.cz Marie Kunáglová, Mrs. Hobby, Entertainment, Leisure Interests


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Henry Bogdan: The History of the Hapsburgs Seven Centuries of the House of Hapsburgs For almost seven centuries the Hapsburgs were among the ruling houses of Europe. Author of the book - a renowned French historian - presents a colourful portrayal of the lives of various members of the Hapsburg family, while at the same time conjuring up a clear picture of European history in the centuries when, to a significant extent, it bore the Hapsburg influence. Having provided the necessary context for the events and personalities featured in the book, the author plays these individual acts against the historical background, offering its readers a very vivid picture, complete with numerous interesting details added for fun and enjoyment. F. 140x210 mm, 400 pp. + 8 col. supp., hardback, app. CZK 329 BRÁNA Publishers, Co. LTD. Hradešínská 30 101 00 Prague 10 tel./fax: 271 740 586 sales dept.: 271 741 009 e-mail: [email protected] [email protected] www.brana-knihy.cz

Tomáš Koutek: Bohemian Town Gates Historic Reminiscences If we were to imagine a medieval town, its silhouette would no doubt include a church tower, the tall and narrow gables of Gothic and early Renaissance houses and also the town’s fortification, of which town gates formed an integral part. In the town’s fortification system the point of entry always represented the weakest point and was subject to a very careful design. As a result, the passage through any town gate was protected by a highly intricate system of moats and bastions. In its time each gate adopted a highly individual form, used by the town to boast its significance and wealth. The author of this unique book will guide the readers through eighty of Czech history’s most remarkable town gates. F. B5, 200 pp. incl. col. photos, hardback, app. CZK 389

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Fiction - Original Viewegh Michal Báječná léta s Klausem The Blissful Years with Klaus Petrov / 80-7227-123-7 Cibulka Aleš Nataša Gollová – Život tropí hlouposti Nataša Gollová - Life’s Little Mischiefs Sláfka / 80-86631-00-1 Ouředník Patrik Europeana – stručné dějiny dvacátého věku Europeana - A Brief History of the 20th Century Paseka / 80-7185-404-2 Frýbová Zdena Neděle jako stvořená pro vraždu One Kill of a Sunday Šulc a spol. / 80-7244-086-1 Legátová Květa Želary The Village of Želary Paseka / 80-7185-390-9 Formanová Martina Skladatelka voňavého prádla The Scent of the Laundry Petrov / 80-7227-121-0 Legátová Květa Jozova Hanule Paseka / 80-7185-512-X Motl Stanislav Prokletí Lídy Baarové Lída Baarová’s Curse Rybka Publishers / 80-86182-61-4 Sommerová Olga O čem sní ženy 2 Women Dreams 2 Sláfka / 80-86631-02-8 Kraus Ivan Muž pod vlastním dohledem The Self-Monitored Man Academia / 80-200-1053-X Fiction - Translated Tolkien J. R. R. Hobit aneb Cesta tam a zase zpátky (neilustrované vydání) The Hobit (unillustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0506-2 Tolkien J. R. R. Návrat krále / Pán prstenů III (ilustrované vydání) The Return of the King / Lord of the Rings III (illustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0965-3 Coelho Paulo Poutník – Mágův deník The Pilgrimage - The Diary of a Magician Argo / 80-7203-410-3 Tolkien J. R. R. Společenstvo Prstenu / Pán prstenů I (neilustrované vydání) The Fellowship of the Ring / Lord of the Rings I (unillustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0362-0 Tolkien J. R. R. Návrat krále / Pán prstenů III (neilustrované vydání) The Return of the King / Lord of the Rings III (unillustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0373-6

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Tolkien J. R. R. Společenstvo Prstenu / Pán prstenů I (ilustrované vydání) The Fellowship of the Ring / Lord of the Rings I (illustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0925-4 Tolkien J. R. R. Dvě věže / Pán prstenů II (ilustrované vydání) The Two Towers / Lord of the Rings II (illustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0935-1 Tolkien J. R. R. Dvě věže / Pán prstenů II (neilustrované vydání) The Two Towers / Lord of the Rings II (unillustrated) Mladá fronta / 80-204-0372-8 Coelho Paulo Alchymista / The Alchemist Argo / 80-7203-241-0 Irving John Pravidla moštárny The Cider House Rules Odeon – Euromedia Group / 80-207-1111-2 Popular-Science - Original Kubát Karel (ed.) Klíč ke květeně České republiky The Key to Czech Republic’s Flora Academia / 80-200-0836-5 Deyl Miloš, Hísek Květoslav Naše květiny Our Flowers Academia / 80-200-0940-X Hora – Hořejš Petr Toulky českou minulostí 9 Journeying Through Czech History 9 Via Facti / 80-238-8971-0 Mňam aneb prima vařečka 2 Yummy or the Kitchen Spoon 2 Ottovo nakladatelství / 80-7181-763-5 Chlupáč Ivo, kol. Geologická minulost České republiky Czech Republic’s Geological Past Academia / 80-200-0914-0 Klimek Antonín Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české XIV. The Great History of the Lands of the Czech Crown XIV Paseka / 80-7185-425-5 Ottův slovník naučný XXV. Otta’s Dictionary of Knowledge XXV Paseka + Argo / 80-7185-439-5 Ottův slovník naučný XXVI. Otta’s Dictionary of Knowledge XXVI Paseka + Argo / 80-7185-440-9 Ottův slovník naučný – Dodatky V/1 Otta’s Dictionary of Knowledge Supplements V/1 Paseka + Argo / 80-7185-456-5 Ottův slovník naučný XXVII. Otta’s Dictionary of Knowledge XXVII Paseka + Argo / 80-7185-513-8 Hudec Karel, Dungel Jan Atlas ptáků České a Slovenské republiky Atlas of Birds in the Czech and Slovak Republics Academia / 80-200-0927-2

Ottův slovník naučný – Dodatky V/2 Otta’s Dictionary of Knowledge Supplements V/2 Paseka + Argo / 80-7185-500-6

Ježková Alena Praha babka měst Prague - the Granny of All Towns Albatros / 80-00-01026-7

Vaníček Vratislav Velké dějiny zemí koruny české III. The Great History of the Lands of the Czech Crown III Paseka / 80-7185-433-6

Jelínková Hanka, Faltová Věra Kouzelná abeceda The Magical Alphabet BB Art / 80-7257-583-X

kol. col. Dějiny Rakouska / Dějiny států The History of Austria / The History of States Nakladatelství Lidové noviny / 80-7106-491-2 Hahnová Eva, Hahn Hans Henning Sudetoněmecké vzpomínání a zapomínání Sudeten-German Reminiscences Votobia / 80-7220-117-4

Žárský Bohuslav Obrázkové Staré pověsti české Old Czech Legends in Pictures Librex / 80-7228-256-5 Kahoun Jiří Příhody včelích medvídků The Adventures of the Little Bumblebees Albatros / 80-00-01052-6 Children’s - Translated

Volavková Hana Zmizelá Praha 3 – Židovské město pražské Forgotten Prague 3 - The Prague Jewish Town Paseka / 80-7185-520-0

Rowling Joanne K. Harry Potter a Kámen mudrců Harry Potter and the Philosophers’ Stone Albatros / 80-00-00995-1

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Rowling Joanne K. Harry Potter a Tajemná komnata Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Albatros / 80-00-00898-X

Peaseovi Allan a Barbara Proč muži neposlouchají a ženy neumí číst v mapách Why Men Don’t Listen and Women Can’t Read Maps Alman Jiří / 80-86135-15-2 Kissinger Henry Potřebuje Amerika zahraniční politiku? Does America Need a Foreign Policy? BB Art / 80-7257-736-0 Dawkins Richard Slepý hodinář The Blind Watchmaker Paseka / 80-7185-445-X Huntington Samuel P. Střet civilizací The Clash of Civilisations Rybka Publishers / 80-86182-49-5

Rowling Joanne K. Harry Potter a Ohnivý pohár Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Albatros / 80-00-00994-3 Rowling Joanne K. Harry Potter a vězeň z Azkabanu Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Albatros / 80-00-01042-9 de Saint – Exupéry Antoine Malý princ The Little Prince Albatros / 80-00-01038-0 Lindgren Astrid Děti z Bullerbynu The Children of Noisy Village Albatros / 80-00-01011-9

Children’s - Original Velká kniha komiksů 2 The Great Book of Comics 2 BB Art / 80-7257-733-6 Miler Zdeněk, Doskočilová Hana Krtek a maminka The Little Mole and the Mother Albatros / 80-00-00883-1 Miler Zdeněk Krtek a sněhulák The Little Mole and the Snowman Albatros / 80-00-01102-6 Macourek Miloš, Born Adolf Mach a Šebestová v historii Max & Sally in History Albatros / 80-00-01049-6 Drijverová Martina České pověsti pro malé děti Czech Legends for Young Children SiD & NERo / 80-85886-76-6 Miler Zdeněk, Doskočilová Hana Krtek a paraplíčko The Little Mole and the Umbrella Albatros / 80-00-01048-8

Mason, Hines –Stephens, Lucas Star Wars / Klony útočí – filmový příběh Star Wars / Attack of the Clones Movie Storybook Egmont / 80-7186-733-0 Rowling Joanne K. Fantastická zvířata a kde je najít Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Albatros / 80-00-01020-8 de Saint – Exupéry Antoine Malý princ The Little Prince Ottovo nakladatelství / 80-7181-244-7 Colbert David Kouzelný svět Harryho Pottera The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter Albatros / 80-00-01058-5

If you are interested in more information concerning any of the titles listed above, please contact Svět knihy Ltd. ([email protected]; www.svetknihy.cz, www.bookworld.cz). We will gladly provide you with publisher contacts.

Essential Facts about the Czech Book Market in the Year 2002

Book Production In 2002, as in previous years, the book production in the Czech Republic manifested great dynamics despite the disastrous floods that have hit the state’s capital, which also boasts the dominant position in the country in terms of books. The number of published titles was very close to that of the year before, when it had reached a record height. In the year 2002, the National Library of the Czech Republic has registered, based on the number of submitted deposit copies, a total of 14 278 titles of non-periodical publications, consisting of 11 915 books and 2363 brochures, i.e. publications of up to 42 pages. 12 625 of these were first editions (10 412 books and 2213 brochures), the rest were re-editions. These data copy the trends of the year 2001.

undermining the claim that similar development is taking place here - i.e. that the Czech publishing sector is increasingly concentrated, as indicated by the statistics from previous years (in 2000, for example, the number had reached 1300, with less than 1150 a year later) - the decisive share of Czech book production still lay in the hands of only several dozen publishers of non-periodical publications. In 2002 only 35 entities produced more than 100 titles, including university and state institution publishers, without which the number would further narrow down to about 20. Last year these leading twenty publishers were responsible for approximately one quarter of the total Czech book production. Their share is even higher in terms of book impressions.

Absolute numbers regarding the number of book titles published in the year 2002 still prove that dropping average impressions are compensated for on the part of Czech publishers by publishing a large number of titles, in order to maintain the existing levels of financial turnover (see TABLE I).

TABLE II Number of Publishers Registered in the Czech Republic between 1998-2002

TABLE I Number of Book Titles Published in the Czech Republic between 1998-2002

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

2 582 2 745 2 898 3 136 3 267

Source: National ISBN Agency

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

11 738 12 551 11 965 14 321 14 278

Source: National Library of the Czech Republic

By 31 December 2002 the number of publishers or entities authorised to produce non-periodic publications in the Czech Republic was 3267 (see TABLE II), while 1259 publishing houses have participated on last year’s total book production in the Czech Republic by publishing at least one book title. Compared with the previous year this represents a 5% increase, which could mean some publishing houses have renewed their activity, but is more likely the result of the activities of newly registered entities. The publishing of books in the Czech Republic clearly involves a greater number of publishing entities than is the case in countries that have enjoyed uninterrupted natural development, resulting in a more profiled and concentrated group of book producers. Nonetheless, despite these numbers seemingly

TABLE III lists the main producers on the territory of the Czech Republic according to the number of published book titles in the year 2002. While this somewhat mechanical criterion does offer us some valuable and interesting insight and enables us to get at least an approximate picture of the companies’ turnover, at the same time it tells us nothing about the quality and level of excellence of these books. Unfortunately, this type of data also fails to deliver other important information, such as the total book impressions or profits made by the companies in question, which would provide for a more accurate assessment of the publishers’ real position and share of the Czech book market. Such complex data, however, are still unavailable. Given the specific nature of university and state institution publishers (usually characterised by a large number of highly thematic titles at relatively low impressions), these entities are featured in a separate table (TABLE IV). The annual number of published titles, decisive for the publishers’ position in both these tables, does not include reprints, and only features titles with new ISBN . autumn 2003 / spring 2004

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TABLE III Main Book Producers in the Czech Republic According to the Number of Titles Published in the Year 2002 (excluding university and state institutions publishers)

Translations In 2002 translations constituted approximately a third of the total Czech book production, which still makes the Czech Republic, alongside e.g. the Baltic states or Hungary, count among the highest-producing countries in the world (to compare the “incomparable”: in Great Britain the share of translations on the total book production has amounted to about 2-3% in recent years). Very little has changed in terms of quantity. A total of 4342 translated titles has been published, 331 of which were translations of multilingual publications (compared with 4352 / 429 the year before). Last year Czech publishers have offered the readers translations from a total of 44 languages.

Production in 2001 and 2000 is featured for comparison.

1. Moravská Bastei - MOBA, Brno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 / 297 / 227 2. BB art, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 / 217 / 165 3. IŽ, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 / 368 / 438 4. Euromedia Group – Knižní klub, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 / 205 / 183 5. Euromedia Group – Ikar, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 / 180 / 198 6. Harlequin, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 / 285 / 272 7. Grada Publishing, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 / 214 / 174 8. Computer Press, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 / 169 / 132 9. Egmont ČR, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 / 131 / 102 10. Ladislav Horáček - Paseka, Prague/Litomyšl . . . . . . . . . . . 145 / 100 / 31 11. Alpress, Frýdek-Místek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 / 92 / 70 12. Dashöfer, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 / 71 / 64 13. Academia, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 / 99 / 108 14. Václav Svojtka & Co, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 / 100 / 105 15. Fragment, Havlíčkův Brod/Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 / 110 / 121 16. Karmelitánské nakl., Kostelní Vydří . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 / 56 / 70 17. Albatros, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 / 111 / 105 18. Argo, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 / 73 / 67 19. - 20. C.H. Beck, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 / 71 / 71 Portál, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 / 93 / 122 Source: National ISBN Agency

TABLE IV Main Book Producers in the Czech Republic According to the Number of Titles Published in the Year 2002 (university and state institutions publishers only) Production in 2001 and 2000 is featured for comparison.

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Technical University, Brno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299 / 220 / 281 Czech Statistical Office, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 / 129 / 76 Masaryk University, Brno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 / 320 / 216 Palacký University Publishers, Olomouc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 / 180 / 146 ČVUT Publishers, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 / 178 / 140 University of Economics, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 / 127 / 99 Karolinum, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 / 156 / 195 Czech Agricultural University, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 / 141 / 104 Technical University, Liberec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 / 97 / 47 Mining – Technical University, Ostrava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 / 111 / 139 K. E. Macan Library and Printers for the Blind . . . . . . . . . 132 / 23 / …* West-Bohemian University Publishers, Plzeň . . . . . . . . . . 126 / 123 / 79 Mendel Agricultural and Forestry University, Brno . . . 102 / 138 / 42 Pardubice University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 / 91 / 60 Czech Geological Institute, Prague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 / 10 / 52

Note.: * Information not available. Data concerning the production of books for the blind are submitted irregularly, as most these titles are published in several volumes, often only being completed after a period of many years. Information about a published title is only submitted after the work is complete.

Structure of Book Production The structure of the Czech book production has not changed to any significant degree in the past several years. Books in Czech have once again been dominant in Czech Republic’s book production - amounting to almost 90% (12 826 titles in absolute numbers). Another 468 titles published in 2002 were in Czech combined with another language; 172 titles were multilingual. In the foreign-language production of Czech publishers, English clearly dominated once again: 466 titles were published in English, 148 titles in German, 24 in French. Compared with the year 2001, the National Library of the Czech Republic has registered a significant increase in the number of titles in Slovak (108 titles compared with 43 in the previous year) and a decline in the Polish language production (9 titles compared with 23 the year before). Among other languages registered last year were e.g. 4 books in Dutch, 2 in Japanese and Esperanto, one title in Chinese, Classical Greek, Old Slavonic and Ukrainian. The range of untraditional languages has narrowed compared with previous years, while at the same time registering a decrease in quantity. The share of fiction in last year’s total book production in the Czech Republic has amounted to 25 % (3605 titles) - a slight drop compared with the year before. In children’s literature, on the other hand, the continuous increase in the number of published titles has been maintained. This increase has become especially visible in the structure of the Czech book production within the past several years. In absolute figures the amount of 586 titles has been reached (with 575 children’s titles published in 2001). The share of children’s literature on the total book production has remained practically unchanged. Once again it amounted to approximately 4%. The share of school and university textbooks has slightly exceeded 11% (1578 titles); in comparison with the year before it is a small decrease both share-wise and in absolute numbers (12% or 1750 titles in the year 2001). The comparison of these data in the past five years is shown in TABLE V.

TABLE V Comparison of the Number of Published Titles According to Selected Types of Literature between 1998-2002 2002 Fiction 3 605 Children’s Books 586 School & University Textbooks 1 578 Source: National Library of the Czech Republic

2001 3 726 575 1 750

2000 1999 1998 3 281 3 562 3 432 579 525 400 1 400 1 549 1 676

The three most often translated languages have remained the same since 1990. English is still dominant, with more than half of all published translations originating in English (close to 54%). Despite a long-term drop, translations from German have more or less retained the position from the previous year. French has once again registered third at some distance. A dynamic growth in the quantity of translated titles has occurred in Slovak (having grown almost fourfold). Also the number of translations from Russian has practically doubled. Polish too has scored among the most often translated Slavonic languages in the Czech Republic last year. Translations from other Slavonic languages, on the other hand, remain quite infrequent in the long term, with the total amount having changed very little, usually reaching about 20 titles each year. In 2002 4 works have been translated from Slovene and Serbian, 3 from Croatian, 2 from Bulgarian and 1 from Ukrainian. Languages of other major cultural regions, translations from which were the most numerous on Czech book shelves in the year 2002, included Italian (59 published titles) and Spanish (32 published titles). It can be said that the situation was very similar to that of the previous year, with 64 translations from Italian and 38 from Spanish. Works translated from the Dutch (27 titles) and Scandinavian languages (Swedish: 10 titles, Norwegian: 8 titles, Danish and Finnish: each with 6 titles) have also scored relatively strongly in last year’s Czech book production. Compared with the year 2001 there has been a steep decline in the number of translations from classical languages such as Latin (4 titles compared with 18) and Classical Greek (2 titles compared with 13). TABLE VI shows a quantification of translations from selected languages in the course of the past five years.

TABLE VI Number of Translated Books Published in the Czech Republic between 1998-2002

Total of which from English from German from French from Slovak from Polish from Russian

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4 342 2 329 982 225 116 67 50

4 352 2 340 991 227 32 71 36

3 910 2 088 927 201 49 63 41

4 088 2 118 1 106 192 34 67 33

3 881 1 889 1 228 199 22 48 30

Source: National Library of the Czech Republic

Summary Available information concerning publishing activities in the Czech Republic in the past year confirm that books - despite objective problems and obstacles (floods, small book market) and subjective complaints and lamentations of most of the Czech book market’s top players - still count among important cultural activities in the Czech Republic. This fact is supported by international statistics, which place the Czech Republic among the top 15 countries in the world regarding the number of published titles, with a place in the elite 10 where the number of published titles per 10 000 inhabitants is concerned. Jaroslav Císař ([email protected]) Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers

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Petra Hůlová

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is the pen name of an author born into a countryside teacher’s family. She studied Czech, German, physics and mathematics and after a short spell as a teacher of German at a conservatory in Brno during the war she worked at a remote one-form schools in the Beskydy mountains. Deemed politically unreliable, she was often forced to move from one school to another. Her teaching career lasted for over forty years. The parts of Wallachia and Moravian Slovakia called Kopanice have for a long time become the main source of inspiration for her balladic and at the same time naturalist stories. In the sixties she co-operated with the Brnobased Host do domu magazine and her radio play was awarded the Prix Bohemia in the early 1990s. In 2001 she made her stunning debut on the Czech literary scene.

Author of prose fiction and screenplays, she graduated from a secondary school of glass-making and went on to study Czech and art education at Charles University, Prague. She was employed as an editor in the Svoboda and Český spisovatel publishing houses. In the 1990s she ran a creative writing seminar with Josef Škvorecký at a private secondary school bearing Škvorecký’s name. At present, Berková is the head of the Department of Creative Writing at the Literary Academy. Back in the second half of the 1980s she cofounded an informal literary group called ‚Hejno českých spisovatelů Mamut‘ ( A Flock of Czech Writer, Mammoth), which brought together nonconformist writers. In 1989 she helped to found the Czech Centre of the P.E.N. Club and the Community of Writers. She is also active in the feminist movement.

Winner of the State Award for Literature Winner of the Egon Hostovský Prize Bibliography: Želary (The Vilage of Želary), 2001; Jozova Hanule, 2002

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Bibliography: Knížka s červeným obalem (The Book with the Red Cover), 1986; Magorie aneb příběh velké lásky (Loonysm or the Story of a Great Love), 1991, 1993; Utrpení oddaného Všiváka (The Sufferings of an Affectionate Scoundrel), 1993, 1995; Temná láska (Dark Love), 2000; Dámská jízda (Ladies Only TV play) 1992; Co teď a co potom (What Now and What Then -TV series); author of radio plays

Studied at a grammar school in Zlín, from where she went on to the Charles University Arts Faculty, mastering in English - Czech. Having finished her studies she worked as a personnel manager in both foreign and Czech companies. In 1999 she discontinued her business activities and has focused on literature ever since. Her first novel was published in 2001. Winner of the Magnesia Litera 2002 – Discovery of the Year and the Book Club Literary Award 2001 Bibliography: Zvuk slunečních hodin (The Sound of the Sun Dial), 2001; Srdce na udici (Heart on the Hook), 2002

Student of Cultural and Mongolian Studies at the Charles University Arts Faculty, she spent the 2000-2001 school year in Mongolia. This year TORST publishers have published her curiously entitled book Paměť mojí babičce (Memory My Granny). Petra Hůlová is single and has no children. Winner of the Magnesia Litera 2003 – Discovery of the Year Bibliography: Paměť mojí babičce (Memory My Granny), 2003

Ludvík Vaculík

Emil Hakl

Petr Borkovec

Jaroslav Rudiš

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(1958)

(1970)

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Novelist, essayist, and columnist Ludvík Vaculík was originally trained as a shoemaker and factory worker. After taking a degree in journalism from the School of Political and Social Sciencies he became a warden in an apprentices‘ dormitory, and then an editor at Czechoslovak Radio before moving on to Literární noviny. Of his provocative newspaper columns his „Two-thousand Words” manifesto met with greatest response. Vaculík was persecuted by the authorities in the 1970s when he founded a samizdat series called Petlice (which eventually comprised about 400 books) and signed Charter 77. From the late 1960s till the changes of 1989 he was not permitted to publish in the regular, state-owned publishing houses. In 1996 he received the Order of Tomáš Masaryk.

Studied at the Jaroslav Ježek Academy, specialising in lyrics writing, with extra two years of drama at the same school. Since 1980 he worked as a window-dresser, librarian, petrol station mechanic and sound engineer. Between 1995 - 2000 he composed texts for various advertising agencies. In 2001 he worked as an editor in the literary biweekly Tvar and currently earns his living as a journalist. In the eighties he was focusing on writing verse and preparing and staging drama adaptations of literary works with various amateur ensembles. By the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s he became one of the cofounders of the Modern Illiterate free literary association, which later attracted the collaboration of numerous other authors. He started writing prose in 1998 and has not stopped since. His works have been published in the Iniciály, Týden, Tvar, Aluze, Salon magazines, the Hospodářské noviny daily supplement, the Moderní analfabet (Modern Illiterate) revue, Dobrá adresa internet magazine and a number of anthologies. His poetry and prose have also been broadcasted by the radio. He is represented in the Anthologie de la poésie tchéque contemporaine 1945-2000 (Gallimard, Paris 2002).

Having graduated from the Jan Kepler Grammar School in Prague he did not finish his studies at the department of Czech studies of the Charles University Arts Faculty. Since 1992 he was the editor of the Prague revue for Christianity and culture Souvislosti and has worked as a proof reader in the Dnes daily, fiction editor in Nakladatelství Lidové noviny publishing house, headed the Art and Critique supplement of the Lidové noviny daily and also worked as an editor in Literární noviny. He currently earns his living as a freelance writer and poetry translator. His poems have been published in German and Italian, English and French translations are due to be published soon.

Following his studies at the Turnov grammar school he pursued further academic career in Liberec, Prague, Zurich and Berlin. A graduated teacher of German and history, he was earning his living performing various professions - a Czech brewery’s advertising agent in Germany, baker in the Alps, hotel porter, DJ and sound engineer in a rock club, manager of a punk band, teacher, bricklayer and dairy shop assistant. Currently he is the editor of the Právo daily culture supplement. His works include short stories, poetry and song lyrics. He collects old railway timetables and maps. In 2001-2002 he lived in Berlin on a journalist scholarship from the Free University and is currently recording a debut novel entitled “Heaven under Berlin”. He is also collaborating with the painter Jaromír 99 on his next book - an original black & white comic book from the Sudentenland, to be published under the title “The White Brook”. As an editor he is compiling a reader of contemporary German literature.

Winner of the Karel Čapek Award 2002 Bibliography: Český snář (The Czech Dream-book), 1980; Dva tisíce slov (Two-thousand Words), 1968; Jak se dělá chlapec (The Making of a Boy), 1993; Jaro je tady (Spring’s Here), 1988; Morčata (Guinea Pigs), 1970; Rušný dům (A Busy House), 1963; Sekyra (The Axe), 1966; Sólo pro psací stroj (Solo for the Typewriter), 1984; Srpnový rok (The Year of August), 1989; Nové vlastenecké písně Karla Havlíčka Borovského (Karel Havlíček Borovský’s New Patriotic Songs), 1990; Stará dáma se baví (The Old Lady’s Having Fun), 1991; Poco rubato 1994; Nad jezerem škaredě hrát (To Play Gross Above the Lake), 1996; Nepaměti (Biograspy), 1998; Cesta na Praděd (On the Way to Mount Praděd), 2001; Loučení k panně (Farewell to a Virgin)

Winner of the Magnesia Litera 2003 Bibliography: Rozpojená slova (Disjoined Words), 1991; Zkušební trylky z Marsu (Trial Trills from Mars), 2000; Konec světa (The End of the World), 2001, 2002; Intimní schránka Sabriny Black (Sabrina Black’s Intimate Case), 2002; O rodičích a dětech (On Parents and Children), 2002

Winner of the Jiří Orten Prize Bibliography: Poetry books: Prostírání do tichého (Set into Silence), 1990; Poustevna, věštírna, loutkárna (Hermitage, Oracle, Puppetroom), 1991; Ochoz (The Gallery), 1994; Mezi oknem, stolem a postelí (Between Window, Table and Bed), 1996; Polní práce (Fieldwork), 1998 awarded the Hubert-Burda-Preis 2001 and Norbert-C.-Kaser-Preis 2001 for the German translation of Fieldwork. free cycle of twelve poems entitled A.B.A.F., 1994. Needle-Book, 2003

Winner of the Jiří Orten Award 2002 Bibliography: Nebe pod Berlínem (Heaven under Berlin), 2002

Translations: U řek babylonských (By the Rivers of Babylon), 1996; Ut pictura poesis, 2002, poems by Vladislav Chodasevich, Juriy Odarchenko, Yevgeniy Reyn, Zinayda Gippius, Georgiy Ivanov, Josif Brodsky and others published in magazines, Jasná luna v prázdných horách (Clear Moon in Empty Mountains), 2001 with Vladimír Pucek; drama Oidipus Rex by Sophocles and Oresteia by Aychilos.


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