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MEMORY BURN: Marek Torčík on Queer Narratives and Belonging
Event by: Anglo-American University Library
Location: Anglo-American University, Letenská 5, Praha 1
Talks & discussions
About event
💌 We welcome all to join us on Tuesday April 8th at 18:00 for 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍: a reading and discussion on queer narratives and belonging with author Marek Torčík, moderated by poet and journalist Ondřej Lipár.
📖 Called “One of the most powerful Czech books of 2023, a full-length novel offering reconciliation and hope” by Respekt magazine, Memory Burn is a compelling novel about a troubled childhood and a journey through the labyrinth of memory.
💫 Marek Torčík (1993) is a poet, novelist and journalist. He is originally from Přerov and now lives in Prague, where he also studied English literature and culture at Charles University. In 2016, his poetry collection Rhizomy (Rhizomes) was published. In 2018 and 2020 he was one of the ten finalists in the Czech–Slovak poetry competition Básne
SK/CZ. His debut novel Rozložíš paměť (Memory Burn, 2023) won the 2024 Magnesia Litera Award and the 2024 Jiří Orten Prize. It was also chosen for the tenth Susanna Roth Award for beginner translators of Czech literature.
✨ Ondřej Lipár (1981) is a poet, journalist, and photographer.He has published poetry collections Skořápky (Shells, 2004), Komponent (Component, 2014) and Retro (2023). He has also published poetry in magazines and is represented in the anthologies Nejlepší české básně (The Best Czech Poems) and Antologie české poezie (Anthology of Czech Poetry). For over a decade, he has collaborated with Éditions Fra publishing house. Since 2020, he has been co-creating the literary podcast Do slov with Barbora Votavova. He served as the president of the Association of Czech Writers for some time and is currently the Editior-in-Chief of Vogue CS.
📖 Called “One of the most powerful Czech books of 2023, a full-length novel offering reconciliation and hope” by Respekt magazine, Memory Burn is a compelling novel about a troubled childhood and a journey through the labyrinth of memory.
💫 Marek Torčík (1993) is a poet, novelist and journalist. He is originally from Přerov and now lives in Prague, where he also studied English literature and culture at Charles University. In 2016, his poetry collection Rhizomy (Rhizomes) was published. In 2018 and 2020 he was one of the ten finalists in the Czech–Slovak poetry competition Básne
SK/CZ. His debut novel Rozložíš paměť (Memory Burn, 2023) won the 2024 Magnesia Litera Award and the 2024 Jiří Orten Prize. It was also chosen for the tenth Susanna Roth Award for beginner translators of Czech literature.
✨ Ondřej Lipár (1981) is a poet, journalist, and photographer.He has published poetry collections Skořápky (Shells, 2004), Komponent (Component, 2014) and Retro (2023). He has also published poetry in magazines and is represented in the anthologies Nejlepší české básně (The Best Czech Poems) and Antologie české poezie (Anthology of Czech Poetry). For over a decade, he has collaborated with Éditions Fra publishing house. Since 2020, he has been co-creating the literary podcast Do slov with Barbora Votavova. He served as the president of the Association of Czech Writers for some time and is currently the Editior-in-Chief of Vogue CS.