Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:21:56 +0200https://english.radio.cz/alex-zucker-i-dont-want-translate-books-i-want-translate-authors-8136494© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalNew York-based Alex Zucker is one of the most highly-regarded translators of Czech literature into English and works regularly with leading writers such as Jáchym Topol and Petra Hůlová. When we spoke on a park bench in Manhattan in late September, the conversation took in Zucker’s time in Prague in the early 1990s, his long relationships with authors and his criteria for choosing projects. But first he told me how he had started translating Czech literature – via an interest in human rights.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/zucker_alex1.jpg?timestamp=1590410459 https://english.radio.cz/alex-zucker-i-dont-want-translate-books-i-want-translate-authors-8136494 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9