Radka Denemarková novel Hours of Lead wins Brücke Berlin prize

Czech writer Radka Denemarková, together with her German translator Eva Profousová, were awarded the Brücke Berlin prize in the German capital on Monday for the book Hours of Lead (Hodiny z olova), thus becoming the first Czechs to receive the literary and translation award.

The German translation of the 2018 novel has also had success in Austria, where Ms Denemarková is set to also collect the Literary Prize of Styria on November 8, the Czech News Agency reports.