Books by Czech authors

Franz kafka

Franz Kafka, one of the most influential authors of the 20th Century, might be Prague's most famous native writer.

milan kundera

Though he now lives in France, Milan Kundera was born in the city of Brno in former Czechoslovakia.

Vaclav havel

Playwright and former dissident Vaclav Havel was the first post-communist president of Czechoslovakia.

madeleine albright

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was born Jana Korbelova in Prague in 1937.

jiri weil

Award winning novelist, literary translator, journalist and curator Jiří Weil was born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1900.