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Alex
Last Name
Zucker
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alexz.nyc@gmail.com
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About
I translate mostly Czech novels, but often also subtitles, plays, and short stories, as well as samples for agents and publishers. I have also done young adult and children’s books, reportages, essays, poems, song lyrics, philosophy, art history, and an opera. I am based in Brooklyn, NY.
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Work Sample 1 Description
Interview about my translation of the Bianca Bellová novel The Lake, winner of the 2023 EBRD Literature Prize, described by prize chair Toby Lichtig as “utterly propulsive, immersive and unique, and deserves to become a European classic, to be read by many generations to come.”
Work Sample 2 Description
My translation of an excerpt from the novel Dust Collectors, by Lucie Faulerová, currently seeking a publisher
Work Sample 3 Description
My translation of an excerpt from the middle grade novel Weird Kids Club, by Petra Soukupová, currently seeking a publisher
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