Magnesia Litera main award won by novelist Petra Soukupová

One of the Czech Republic’s main literary prizes, Magnesia Litera 2010, has been awarded to novelist Petra Soukupová. She was selected for the award and 200,000 crown first prize for her work ‘To Disappear.’ The collection of three long stories focus on family relationships. The first two stories are told from the perspective of children with the narrator in the third an adult looking back on childhood. The jury’s decision is the first time that a prose work has gained the main prize for several years.