Jitka Jindřišková – Translator of the Month
Our Translator of the Month for July is Jitka Jindřišková, who translates from Norwegian into Czech. She studied history and Norwegian language and literature at Masaryk University in Brno, the second-largest city in the Czech Republic. Jitka’s fascination with Scandinavian culture and history started when she gave a presentation on the topic of Norse mythology in high school, but her first trip to Norway wasn’t until the age of twenty, thanks to Bergen Summer School. During that visit she became captivated by Norway, and it was then that she made her first foray into fiction translation. Since then, she has racked up around thirty book translations across a range of genres. Earlier this year she was presented The Golden Ribbon Award for her translation of Nora Dåsnes’ graphic novel Cross My Heart and Never Lie (original title: Ti kniver i hjertet).
