Martina Kašparová

Czech Tékkneska

Martina works as a freelance translator of Icelandic and Swedish literature and movies into her mother tongue – Czech. She completed a MA degree in Translation Studies (German/Czech) and Swedish Philology at the Charles University in Prague and a BA in Icelandic as a Second Language at the University of Iceland. She has specialized in literary and audiovisual translation and worked as a translator and proof-reader for various publishing houses and film production companies in the Czech Republic. She also volunteers at the Nordic culture centre Scandinavian House in Prague.

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Selected translations:

Sjón: Argóarflísin (Múza z lodi Argó, 2016)

Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir: Rigning í nóvember (Listopadoví motýli, 2017), Ör (Nad propastí byla tma, 2018), Dýralíf (Matka světla, 2021)

Kristín Ragna Gunnarsdóttir: Úlfur og Edda: Dýrgripurinn (Úlf a Edda: Ukradený klenot, 2018)

Hildur Knútsdóttir: Vetrarfrí & Vetrarhörkur (Krvavá zima, 2018)

Ragnar Jónasson: Snjóblinda (Sněžná slepota, 2019), Þorpið (Komunita. 2020), Mistur (Mlha, 2022)

Halldór Armand: Aftur og aftur (Zas a zas, 2020)

Halldóra Thoroddsen: Tvöfalt gler (Dvojité sklo, 2022)

Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir: Eldarnir. Ástin og aðrar hamfarir (Ohně. Láska a jiné katastrofy, 2022)

 

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