Kateřina Tučková
Kateřina Tučková (born 31 October 1980) is a Czech novelist and curator. She is best known as the author of Žítkovské bohyně, a Czech bestseller.
Life
Tučková was born in Brno and spent her childhood in the South Moravian village of Moutnice. She moved with her mother to Kuřim when she was a teenager. Tučková studied at Gymnázium Kapitána Jaroše (Captain Jaroš’s Gymnasium) and got an academic degree in the field of history of art, Czech language, and Czech literature at The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University in Brno. In 2004, she founded The ARSkontakt project, an annual exposition of artworks of her generation. Since 2006, Tučková has worked in Brno as a curator in a non-commercial gallery focused on young art; recently she freelances. She also studies at The Institute of Art History at Charles University in Prague.
Work
Curator career
Tučková curates exhibitions in the Czech Republic and abroad.
- Transfer – exhibition held in the White BOX Gallery, Munich (2007) and Bohemian National Hall New York (2008)
- Our House Is Your House – exhibition held in Geh8 Gallery, Dresden (2010).
Professional publications
Works focused on contemporary Czech art:
- Nová trpělivost: Hranice ustupují (2007)
- Slovem i obrazem (2008)
- Normální malba (2009)
Other:
- Věra Sládková, prozaické dílo – Publication focused on prosaic work of Věra Sládková.
Fiction
- Montespiáda (in English, Montespan Contest) published in 2006. is about the relationship of a young female student with an older man. The book did not reach wider attention. It is named after Madame de Montespan, who was maîtresse-en-titre of France Louis XIV.
- Vyhnání Gerty Schnirch (in English The Expulsion of Gerta Schnirch), published in 2009 is about the expulsion of Sudeten Germans and Brno death march. It contains an emotional description of post-war anti-German terror. The main character, Gerta Shnirch, mother of an infant, is forced to march from Brno to Pohořelice.
The novel was awarded by Magnesia Litera and nominated to Cena Jiřího Ortena.
- Žítkovské bohyně (in English The Goddesses of Žítková) published in 2012 focuses on female natural healers from Bílé Karpaty mountain range who are traditionally called „bohyně“ (goddesses). Tučková narrates their complicated history because persecutions by the inquisition in the 17th century, and the later Priests’ Initiative in the 19th century were finally suppressed by communist government. The book is not a historical study; it manifests Tučková’s sympathy with goddesses’ activities. The bestseller was reviewed by mass media and awarded the Josef Škvorecký Award, The Czech Book Reader’s Award and Magnesia Litera - Reader's Prize.
References
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- Autor: Ivana Myšková. "Cenu Josefa Škvoreckého obdržela Kateřina Tučková - Mozaika - pořad rozhovorů reportáží o kultuře | ČRo 3 - Vltava (Český rozhlas)". Rozhlas.cz. Retrieved 2013-05-19.
- Interview in Lidové Noviny (Czech)