Michal Viewegh

born 1962
novelist, author of short stories and newspaper columns and playwright

No. 1 best-selling Czech author, absolute leader of the sales charts over several years!

The books by Michal Viewegh have been translated into 21 languages; 6 succesful feature films have been made based on the author’s work, one more to be premiered in September (Men´s Novel / Román pro muže). Some of his books have also been adapted for performance on the stage, and played on many occasions. Around 1 million copies of Viewegh’s books have been sold in the Czech Republic alone. 

"It is high time the successor to Milan Kundera's throne was declared - and it can be no other than Michal Viewegh. Viewegh achieves a symbiosis of the substantial, the important and the entertaining. His books are intelligent yet easy to read; they are comprehensive yet simple. Unlike Kundera he takes great pleasure in experimenting with different forms of narration. None of his books is the same as any other, but his fans will always find the things they hold dear."
(Thomas Brussig, Der Spiegel)

more information is to be found on http://www.viewegh.cz

Latest news (Spring 2010)
The novella The Angels of Everyday / Andělé všedního dne / Engel des Letzten Tages (Deuticke/Zsolnay, March 2010) is widely reviewed in Austria and Germany, for the renowned critic Christine Westermann it is „my vote for the book of the Spring 2010". The title has appeared in the popular ORF Bestenlist.
See more on the Michal Viewegh´s Austrian publisher´s web pages here.