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Josef Škvorecký Award. The Josef Škvorecký Award ( Czech language: Cena Josefa Škvoreckého) is an award for the best original prose work of the preceding year. [1] The award is named after the Czech-Canadian writer and publisher Josef Škvorecký. The prize was first awarded in 2007.

Josef Škvorecký CM (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛf ˈʃkvorɛtskiː] ⓘ; September 27, 1924 - January 3, 2012) was a Czech-Canadian writer and publisher.He spent half of his life in Canada, publishing and supporting banned Czech literature during the communist era. Škvorecký was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1980. He and his wife were long-time supporters of ...

Škvorecký, Josef 1924-(Josef Vaclav Škvorecký) Source for ... AWARDS, HONORS: Literary Award of Czechoslovakian Writers Union, 1968; Neustadt ... City of Toronto Book Award 1985; Echoing Green Foundation Literature Prize, 1985; D.H.L., State University of New York, 1986, Masaryk University, Brno, 1991, University of ...