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Severský literární salón online: Sebevražda pro začátečníky
Nordic Literary Salon Online: Suicide for Beginners
Event by: Embassy of Sweden in Czechia, ReadNordic, Skandinávský dům, Překladatelé Severu, Sphera knihy
Online event
Discussions and lectures
About event
Irena Lysáčková, a translator from Swedish, will be the guest of the online Nordic Literary Salon in June. We will talk about Christian Rück's book Suicide for Beginners, which in 2024 won the prestigious August Award in the category of best non-fiction book. The Czech translation was published in 2025 by the SPHERA publishing house. Hosted by Petr Kujal.
You can watch the live stream on Monday, June 15, 2026 from 20:00 on the Facebook page of the Scandinavian House: https://www.facebook.com/Skandinavsky.dum The recording will be made available later on our YouTube channel.
The online partner of the Nordic Literary Salon is Translators of the North - an association bringing together translators of fiction from Nordic languages into Czech. The event is part of the year-long project of the Scandinavian House Nordic Literature in the Heart of Europe 2026, which takes place with the financial support of the capital city of Prague and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
You can watch the live stream on Monday, June 15, 2026 from 20:00 on the Facebook page of the Scandinavian House: https://www.facebook.com/Skandinavsky.dum The recording will be made available later on our YouTube channel.
The online partner of the Nordic Literary Salon is Translators of the North - an association bringing together translators of fiction from Nordic languages into Czech. The event is part of the year-long project of the Scandinavian House Nordic Literature in the Heart of Europe 2026, which takes place with the financial support of the capital city of Prague and the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.