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Frankfurt Book Fair
Guest of Honour 2026

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Guest of Honour

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    Czechia 2026, get together
    • KulturKvíz: for all who wish to play
    • Frankenberg Christina
      Geist Šimon

    • DE
    • Venue:
      Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
  • Do you want to test your knowledge of Czech culture, literature and everyday life? Then the fun Czech-German KulturKvíz is the very thing for you. Join forces to play in small teams, win a mystery prize, and learn a...
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      Czechia 2026, debate
      • Czechs writing in German past and present – from Rilke and Kafka, through Kisch and Eisner, to Reinerová and Rudiš. And beyond?
      • Rudiš Jaroslav
        Wagnerová Alena
        Zbytovský Štěpán

      • CZ / DE
      • Venue:
        Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
    • What has changed in literature written in German by Czechs over the past century? What roles have Czech authors writing in German played in German-speaking areas? Do they still play a role today? What forms has Czec...
      • Moderates: Michal Stehlík
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      Czechia 2026, reading
    • DE
    • Iva Procházková
      • Buch&Wein: Iva Procházková
      • Procházková Iva

      • Venue:
        Buch & Wein, Frankfurt
    • Czech author Iva Procházková presents her latest German translation at Buch&Wein bookstore. Iva Procházková, moderation Ferdinand Hauser
      • Moderates: Ferdinand Hauser
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      Czechia 2026, reading
      • Am Wannenrand. Contemporary Czech Drama. Book Presentation and Readings from Three Plays by Tomáš Dianiška, Hana D. Lehečková and Tomáš Ráliš
      • Dianiška Tomáš
        Lehečková Hana D.
        Naumann Matthias
        Popig Jürgen
        Ráliš Tomáš
        Schnelle Barbora

      • CZ / DE
      • Venue:
        Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
    • What plays are being performed in the Czech Republic? Editor and translator Barbora Schnelle and publisher Matthias Naumann present the newly published anthology Am Wannenrand, featuring nine contemporary Czech plays. Jü...
      • Moderates: Barbora Schnelle
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      Czechia 2026, reading
    • CZ / DE
      • Imaginary worlds in contemporary Czech literature
      • Ajvaz Michal
        Hlaučo Miroslav

      • Venue:
        Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
    • Imaginary worlds and alternative realities built with playfulness and creativity are rarer than they once were in Czech fiction. Michal Ajvaz and Miroslav Hlaučo create worlds that transcend the boundaries of ordinary ex...
      • German reading: Steffi Böttger
      • Moderates: Maximilian Mengeringhaus
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      Czechia 2026, get together
      • Where on earth is the Czech seaside?
      • Luňáková Anna
        Macl Ondřej

      • EN
      • Venue:
        Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
    • A performative voyage through the cultural and literary manifestations of a Czech seaside, its archipelagos, lagoons and endless horizons. Who succumbs to its spell will lose the way home forever… and turn into...
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        Czechia 2026, reading
      • CZ / DE
        • From central Europe to distant worlds
        • Hořava Matěj
          Wang Tylová Klára

        • Venue:
          Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Shore Stage
      • For a long time, Czech prose stuck exclusively to domestic themes. Only after 2000 did it begin to open up to exploration of new places, cultures and lifestyles. Matěj Hořava and Klára Wang Tylová discuss geographic...
        • German reading: Armin Nufer
        • Moderates: Tino Dallmann
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        Czechia 2026, debate
        • Ivan Klíma, the best-known unknown Czech author, his life, and his book My Prague
        • Klíma Michal

        • CZ / DE
        • Venue:
          Frankfurter Buchmesse - Tschechischer Nationalstand 3.1 / C65
      • Ivan Klíma, Holocaust survivor, journalist, playwright, dissident, was one of the best-known Czech writers of the 20th century. Along with works by Milan Kundera and Václav Havel, Klíma’s were among the Czech titles most...
        • German reading: Stephan Wolf-Schönburg
        • Moderates: Libuše Černá
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        Czechia 2026, concert
        • Milli Janatková
        • Janatková Milli

        • Venue:
          Frankfurter Buchmesse - Czechia 2026 Pavilion - Harbour Stage
      • Milli Janatková is a multidisciplinary performer and visual artist. She combines original music, vocals, guitar, drums and improvisation with painting and graphic art. Her music spans jazz, Latin, folk and world mus...
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          Czechia 2026, reading
          • Who tells Czechia’s stories? Literature, books, and the image of a country abroad
          • Siering Danuše
            Tučková Kateřina

          • CZ / DE
          • Venue:
            Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main
        • Writer Kateřina Tučková and publisher Danuše Siering discuss works of Czech literature that appeal to readers abroad and what we say about ourselves through our books. One writes Czech stories, the other presents them to...
          • Moderates: Eric Marr
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          Czechia 2026, reading
          • Ernst und Lustig - Arnošt Lustigs Lebensreise
          • Lustigová Eva
            Pilátová Markéta
            Soffer Podzimek Eliška

          • CZ / DE
          • Venue:
            Frankfurter Buchmesse - Imagination Stage, Halle 4.0
        • Markéta Pilátová and Eliška Soffer Podzimek will present the graphic novel Ernst und Lustig – Arnošt Lustigs Lebensreise, exploring Arnošt Lustig’s life and work through the story of his children. Markéta Pilátová, Elišk...
          • Moderates: Tino Dallmann
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          Czechia 2026, reading
        • DE
        • Kateřina Tučková
          • Literature as a bridge: Kateřina Tučková at the KULTÜR 2026 festival
          • Tučková Kateřina

          • Venue:
            Internationales Theater, Frankfurt am Main
        • As part of the KULTÜR festival, award-winning Czech writer Kateřina Tučková will speak about memory, identity, historical milestones and the power of literature to bridge cultural differences. With reference to her own w...
          • Moderates: Rana Ayhan Tuncel
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