Petr Kujal

Languages

Mother tongue

Czech

Translates from

Finnish, Finland Swedish

Translates to

Czech

Other language skills

English, Russian, Swedish

Education

Academic degree

Mgr., Charles University, Faculty of Arts, 2019 (Finnish Philology + Scandinavian Studies (spec. Swedish Language and Literature))

Additional subject-specific studies

Summer course in Finnish, CIMO, 2015
Summer literature course, CIMO, 2016
Summer course in Swedish, Svenska institutet, 2017
Workshop for beginning translators from Nordic languages, 2017
Scholarship at University of Tampere, Opetushallitus, 2018
Two workshops focused on translation of Finnish poetry, 2018–2019

Translations

Interests and specialisation

Fiction, Prose, Poetry, Fantasy & science fiction, Non-fiction, History

List of translations

Do stejné řeky: Putinova válka proti ženám. Odeon, 2024. Original title: Samaan virtaan – Putinin sota naisia vastaan by Sofi Oksanen. Genre: Non-fiction.

-. Pavel Mervart, 2021. Original title: - by -. Genre: Poetry. Translation of several poems by various authors. In: Bílé přeludy na vlnách. Antologie finské lyriky

Jednou. Spolek SPLAV!, 2018. Original title: Engang by Klaus Rifbjerg. Genre: Poetry. In: PLAV 6-7/2018

Dočasný. Pistorius & Olšanská, 2019. Original title: Väliaikainen by Rosa Liksom. Genre: Prose. Translation of several short stories by Rosa Liksom. In: Za letních nocí se tu nespí lehce: Antologie povídek finského severu

SPAM/KLAM. Spolek SPLAV!, 2022. Original title: SCAM/SKAM by Philip Teir. Genre: Prose. In: PLAV 6/2022



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Päivitetty: 8.8.2025