Hodrová's Spiral Sentences wins Magnesia Litera for Czech book of year

The Magnesia Litera award for Czech book of the year has gone to Točité věty (Spiral Sentences) by Daniela Hodrová. The judges described it as a powerful work reflecting on friendship, memory and man’s ultimate concerns. Ms. Hodrová, who is a literary theoretician and is in her late 60s, picked up the award and a cheque for CZK 200,000 at a ceremony at the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague on Tuesday night.

Author: Ian Willoughby