Ondřej Macl

Ondřej Macl (1989) is a Czech writer, performer, literary critic and social worker. His book collage Miluji svou babičku víc než mladé dívky (“I Love My Grandma More Than Young Women”, 2017) won the Jiří Orten Award. This was followed by the poetry collection K čemu jste na světě (“What You Were Born For”, 2018), the novel Výprava na ohňostroj (“The Fireworks Expedition”, 2019) and the satirical epic Baban Rejdiš: Legenda o Bocianovi (“Baban Rejdiš: Legend of Bocian”, 2021). Occasionally he translates (Roland Barthes, Oscar Wilde…). He works as an editor at the revue Prostor and is preparing his dissertation The Czech Sea for publication.

More at www.ondrejmacl.cz/en.