Jaroslav Seifert Prize
The Jaroslav Seifert Prize is a prestigious Czech literary prize created by the Charta 77 Foundation in Stockholm in January 1986. This prize is named after the Nobel Prize–winning Czechoslovak writer, poet and journalist, Jaroslav Seifert, and is awarded for an excellent work of poetry or fiction published in the past three years in the Czech Republic or abroad. It was originally awarded to authors in exile during the Soviet era. The laureate is announced on September 22 each year, on the eve of Seifert's birthday anniversary. As of 2013, the prize is awarded every two years.
Laureates
Year | Author | Awarded Achievement | Reference |
2017 | Jiří Brabec | For lifetime achievement | - |
2017 | Jiří Opelík | For lifetime achievement | - |
2016 | No prize awarded | - | |
2015 | Eugen Brikcius | For the collection A tělo se stalo slovem | |
2014 | No prize awarded | - | |
2013 | No prize awarded | - | |
2012 | Vladimir Binar | Číňanova pěna | - |
2011 | Karel Šiktanc | For the poetry collection Nesmír | - |
2010 | Jáchym Topol | For the novel Chladnou zemí | |
2009 | Ludvík Kundera | ||
2008 | Václav Havel | ||
2007 | František Listopad | For the poetry collection Rosa definitiva | - |
2006 | Ivan Martin Jirous | For his lifetime poetic work and prison correspondence Magorovy dopisy | |
2005 | Michal Ajvaz | For the novel Prázdné ulice | |
2005 | Jiří Suchý | For the Encyklopedii Jiřího Suchého | - |
2004 | Josef Škvorecký | For lifetime achievement | - |
2004 | Viktor Fischl | For lifetime achievement | - |
2003 | Miloslav Topinka | For the poetry book Trhlina | - |
2002 | Jiří Gruša | For the poetry collection Wacht am Rhein aneb Putovní ghetto | - |
2001 | Zdeněk Rotrekl | For the poetry book Nezděné město | - |
2000 | Pavel Šrut | For the poetry books Zlá milá and Brožované básně | - |
1999 | Jiří Kratochvil | For the novel Noční tango aneb Román jednoho léta z konce století | - |
1998 | Věra Linhartová | For Mes oubliettes | - |
1997 | Karel Milota | For the collections Antilogie aneb protisloví and Ďáblův dům | - |
1996 | Jiřina Hauková | For the collection Světlo v září | - |
1996 | Zbyněk Hejda | For the collecion Valse mélancolique | - |
1995 | Petr Kabeš | For the collection Pěší věc | - |
1995 | Antonín Brousek | For the collection Vteřinové smrti | - |
1994 | Milan Kundera | For the novel Nesmrtelnost | - |
1993 | Bohumil Hrabal | For the trilogy Svatby v domě, Vita nuova and Proluky | - |
1992 | Josef Hiršal | For Píseň mládí | - |
1992 | Ivan Wernisch | For a collection of poetry translations Frc | - |
1991 | Jiří Kolář | For the poetry collection Prométheova játra | - |
1990 | Emil Juliš | For the poetry collections Blížíme se ohni and Gordická hlava | - |
1989 | Karel Šiktanc | For the poetry collection Srdce svého nejez | - |
1988 | Ivan Diviš | For the collection Žalmy | - |
1987 | Ludvík Vaculík | For his essays. | - |
1986 | Dominik Tatarka | For the trilogy Písačky | - |