The Tom Stoppard Prize (Czech: Cena Toma Stopparda) is a literary award given annually for outstanding primarily non-fiction work by a writer of Czech origin. It was established in 1983 and first awarded in 1984, to Eva Kantůrková for My Companions in the Bleak House. The award is named for and funded by the Czech-born British playwright Tom Stoppard.[1][2] In recent years, the award has been made at the Mayor's residence in Prague.[3][4] The award was organised by the Charter 77 Foundation until 2017; since 2021 it has been awarded by the Václav Havel Library.[5]
Recipients
edit| Year[a] | Recipient | Work | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Eva Kantůrková | Přítelkyně z domu smutku ("My Companions in the Bleak House") | [6][7] |
| Zdeněk Urbánek | Popaměti ("Memoirs") | [8] | |
| 1985 | Ivan Martin Jirous | Magorovy labutí písně ("Magor's Swan Songs") | [9] |
| Milan Jungmann | Cesty a rozcestí ("Roads and Crossroads") | [8][10][b] | |
| 1986 | Bohumila Grögerová and Josef Hiršal | Let let ("The Flight of Years") | [8] |
| 1987 | Milan Uhde | Pán plamínků | [11] |
| 1988 | Jáchym Topol | Miluju tě k zbláznění ("I Love You Madly") | [12][13] |
| 1989 | Zbyněk Hejda | Blízkosti smrti | [8] |
| 1990 | No award | [8][c] | |
| 1991 | Jiří Kratochvil | Medvědí román ("A Bear's Novel") | [14] |
| 1992 | No award | [8][d] | |
| 1993 | Jan Lopatka | Předpoklady tvorby and Radiojournál v ko(s)mickém věku | [8] |
| 1994 | Jiří Olič | Čtení o Jakubu Demlovi | [8] |
| 1995 | Jiří Kovtun | Tajuplná vražda. Případ Leopolda Hilsnera | [8] |
| 1996 | Sergej Machonin | Příběh se závorkami. Alternativy | [8] |
| 1997 | Jolana Poláková | Perspektiva naděje | [8] |
| 1998 | Jiří Pechar | For literary criticism and translation | [8] |
| 1999 | Jana Červenková | Kurs potápění | [8] |
| 2000 | Karel Kosík | Předpotopní úvahy | [15] |
| 2001 | Pavel Kosatík | Ferdinand Peroutka, Pozdější život (1938 - 1978) | [8] |
| 2002 | Jiří Opelík | Milované řemeslo | [8] |
| 2003 | Martin Hilský | Translation of and essays about William Shakespeare | [16][8] |
| 2004 | Václav Jamek | Duch v plné práci ("A Spirit Hard at Work") | [17][18] |
| 2005 | Václav Cílek | Makom, kniha míst ("Makom: A Book of Places") and Krajiny vnitřní a vnější ("Inner and Outer Landscapes") | [19] |
| 2006 | Stanislav Komárek | Leprosárium ("The Leper Colony") | [20] |
| 2007 | Přemysl Rut | Pan Když a slečna Kdyby | [8] |
| 2008 | Zdeněk Neubauer | O počátku, cestě a znamení časů | [8] |
| 2009 | Lubomír Martínek | Mýtus o Lynkeovi ("The Myth of Lynke") | [21] |
| Erik Tabery | Vládneme, nerušit' | [8] | |
| 2010 | Petr Rezek | Architektonika a protoarchitektura ("Architecture and Protarchitecture") | [22] |
| 2011 | Věra Linhartová | Soustředné kruhy ("Concentric Circles") | [2] |
| 2012 | Martin C. Putna | Václav Havel: duchovní portrét v rámu české kultury 20. století ("Václav Havel: A spiritual portrait within the framework of 20th century Czech culture") |
[23][24] |
| 2013 | Jan Vladislav | Otevřený deník | [8] |
| 2014 | Patrik Ouředník | Svobodný prostor jazyka ("On the Free Exercise of Language") | [25] |
| 2015 | A. J. Liehm | Názory tak řečeného Dalimila | [8] |
| 2016 | Petr Holman | Březiniana II (about Otokar Březina) | [26] |
| 2017 | Sylvie Richterová | Eseje o české literatuře ("Essays on Czech Literature") | [3] |
| 2018 | No award | ||
| 2019 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2021 | Josefina Fromanová | Kde končím a kde začínám a proč je dobré to vědět ("Where I end and where I start and why it is good to know") | [5] |
| 2022 | No award | ||
| 2023 | Marie Iljašenko | Jsem všudezdejší | [27] |
Notes
edit- ^ This is the year the award was made, typically honoring work from the previous year. Elsewhere, the award for, say, 1999 may be referred to as the 1998 Tom Stoppard Prize.
- ^ Samizdat version. Later published in 1989.
- ^ 1989 was the year of the Velvet Revolution
- ^ The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia took effect on 1 January 1993
References
edit- ^ "Writer and Fighter". The Mountain. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Cenu Toma Stopparda získala Linhartová za knihu, která vznikala 40 let". Hospodářské noviny (in Czech). 26 May 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Cena Toma Stopparda pro Sylvii Richterovou za 'Eseje o české literatuře'". Czech Lit (in Czech). 17 May 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Czech Roma musician Banga to receive Kriegel Prize". Prague Daily Monitor. Czech News Agency. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Cenu Toma Stopparda za původní esejistickou práci získala Josefína Formanová". Czech News Agency (in Czech). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Segel, Harold B., ed. (2012). "Eva Kantůrková". The Walls Behind the Curtain: East European Prison Literature, 1945-1990. University of Pittsburgh Press. pp. 142–150. ISBN 978-0-8229-7802-2.
- ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth, ed. (2001). "KANTÚURKOVÁ, Eva". The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Psychology Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-85743-122-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "Cena Toma Stopparda Laureáti". Ústav pro českou literaturu. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Staff, Harriet (14 November 2011). "Czech poet Ivan Martin Jirous, 1944 - 2011". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Milan Jungmann". Prague Writers' Festival. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Milan Uhde". Mene Tekel (in Czech). Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "I Love You Madly". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Wachtel, Andrew Baruch (2006). Remaining Relevant After Communism: The Role of the Writer in Eastern Europe. University of Chicago Press. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-226-86766-3.
- ^ "A Bear's Novel". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Denní souhrn zpráv". Czech Radio. 24 May 2000. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Renaissance Shakespeare: Shakespeare's Renaissances". 9th World Shakespeare Congress. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "A Spirit Hard at Work". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Inner and Outer Landscapes". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Makom: A Book of Places". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "The Leper Colony". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "The Myth of Lynke". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Petr Rezek". Školská 28. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Martin C. Putna receives Tom Stoppard Prize". Václav Havel Library. 17 May 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ Putna, Martin C. (18 May 2012). "Martin C. Putna: A word on the Tom Stoppard Prize". Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "On the Free Exercise of Language". Czech Lit. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
- ^ "Klinika převzala Cenu Františka Kriegla. Peníze věnuje na podporu politických vězňů". Lidovky (in Czech). 26 May 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ "Marie Iljašenko laureátkou Ceny Toma Stopparda za rok 2023". Knihovna Václava Havla (in Czech). 2023-06-22.