Dream of a Journey: Selected Poems

Born in Prague in 1976, Kateřina Rudčenková is a poet, prose writer and author of stage plays. Winner of the German Hubert Burda prize (2003) and the Magnesia Litera (2014), she secured second place in the drama competition the Alfréd Radok Awards (2006). Her poems and plays have been published in German, English and Slovene. Rudčenková is also the author of four stage plays; for Niekur she was awarded 2nd place in the Alfréd Radok Awards and it was staged by the Prague theatre Divadlo Ungelt.

In 2021, Poetry is the top priority for the Czech Literature Centre and we will be involved with promotions with them.Kateřina Rudčenková's fourth collection was awarded the Magnesia Litera prize for 2014 in the category of poetry. On her début work, the collection Ludwig (Klokočí, 1999):'In the poetry collection Ludwig, every word emanates cranked-up destruction, and at the same time it is as if this motion slowly shifts whole images into other places and other bodies.' – MarieLangerová, Lidové novinyOn her fourth collection, Walking on Dunes (Fra, 2013): '[The poems] emanate carefulness, circumspection and patient consideration. The groundwork for most of them is composed of movement, specifically walking. Walking serves as a source of inner strength which pulses throughout this outwardly calm and patient collection.' – Markéta Kittlová, iLiteratura