Kateřina Tučková

Kateřina Tučková was born in Brno, Czech Republic, in 1980. She is a writer and translator. She studied Czech Literature and Art History at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Masaryk University in Brno.
In 2006, she made her literary debut with the novel Montespaniáda. This was followed by Vyhnání Gerty Schnirch (2009), which earned her nominations for the 2010 Magnesia Literature Award, the Josef Škvorecký Award for Czech authors, and the Jiří Orten Award for authors under the age of thirty-five.
Her most recent novel, The Goddesses of Žitková (2012), is the result of rigorous archival research as well as personal interviews conducted by the author. She has been honoured with the following awards: the Josef Škvorecký Award 2012, the Czech Bestseller Prize 2012, the Magnesia Litera – Readers Award 2013, the Czech Book Prize – Readers Award 2013 and the Premio Salerno Libro d’Europa 2018.
Katerina Tuchová’s books have been translated into 14 languages, and over 200,000 copies have been sold in the Czech Republic.