Prominent Romani poet and translator Vlado Olah has died at the age of 64 following a prolonged illness.

Prague-based American author discusses Senseless, his debut novel.

While former Czech President Václav Havel’s work as a politician and humanitarian are of paramount importance, his reputation as a writer must not be overlooked.

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass gives a trenchant account of the violent crack-downs by U.C. Berkeley campus police on occupying students and faculty.

Elizabeth Strout, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for her novel Olive Kitteridge, will be appearing at Prague’s American center Monday Oct. 3, to read from her work and give a talk entitled “Why Fiction Matters.”

To coincide with the Prague Microfest, which begins tonight, Prague publisher Litteraria Pragensia has released three new books written or edited by writers based in Prague.

With Kerouac fans in cold sweats about the upcoming film version of On the Road, your friendly blogger has decided a rundown of admirable portrayals of writers on the big screen is in order.

Reza Aslan is an associate professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside and the author of No God But God and Beyond Fundamentalism. He is also a regular contributor to The Daily Beast. Most recently, Aslan edited Tablet and Pen: Modern Literary Landscapes from the Middle East. He recently spoke with The Prague Post by phone from New York City.

As The Prague Post reported March 16, Stephane Hessel has recently become a French publishing phenomenon when his obscure independently-published political pamphlet Indignez Vous! sold 1.5 million copies in France before being translated into nearly a dozen languages. While Hessel’s example is extremely rare and has become even more so in recent years, when publishing conglomerates exercise increasing power over what the public reads, it is not unheard of that a self-published book gains popularity.

Poor Max Brod. The writer and editor was recently honored by the unveiling of a plaque at his birthplace at 25 Haštalská Street in Prague, as The Prague Post reported Feb. 2. Brod was a vital member of the German-language literary scene in Prague at the turn of the century and was far more recognized and more widely published in his lifetime than his friend Franz Kafka, but you wouldn’t know this from most accounts.