Petr Hruška is a Czech poet and writer. He works as a literary historian at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and also writes short prose and essays. For his poetry, he has received numerous awards, including the czech State Prize for Literature, the Magnesia Litera and the Dresden Poetry Prize. His poems have been translated into numerous languages; in English, «Everything Indicates» (translated by Jonathan Bolton, 2023) and «I Caught Sight of My Face» (translated by Joshua Mensch, 2024) have been published. Petr Hruška lives in Ostrava.
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