Michael Tate is the founder of Jantar Publishing, a small press devoted to releasing English translations of Central and Eastern European literature. He studied Czech literature at Univezita Karlova in Prague and is a graduate of UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Spies in Neverland: On Ana Schnabl’s “The Masterpiece”
A novel about illicit love and betrayal in 1980s Slovenia....
Friday Prayers: On Aslı Biçen’s “Snapping Point”
Aslı Biçen’s novel is a political allegory of Erdoğan’s Turkey that works in other contexts, too....
Granny Knows Best
Olja Knežević’s newly translated novel is a delightful portrait of a “women’s circle of witches” in war-torn Montenegro....
Living the Dream: On Ludvík Vaculík’s “A Czech Dreambook”
Michael Tate delves into “A Czech Dreambook” by Ludvík Vaculík, translated by Gerald Turner....
Smoking with Elvis: A Tale of the Mangled Generation
A superb translation of a bleakly brilliant novel about the Bosnian war....
“A Single Wand of Rusted Quince”: On the Visionary Poetry of Bohuslav Reynek
Michael Tate peers into “The Well at Morning: Selected Poems, 1925–1971” by Bohuslav Reynek, translated by Justin Quinn....
Intergalactic Gothic
Michael Tate reviews Jaroslav Kalfař’s first novel, “Spaceman of Bohemia.”...
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