Welcome to Pluh

Pluh is a leading literary agency in representing Czech authors. We have already managed to make over 70 transactions by selling the rights of book to more than twenty countries. Our goal is to reach the number of 100 by the end of 2010. We set value on the literary quality of novels and are convinced that they can enrich the literature abroad. Almost all our authors have been awarded with various literary prize and therefore we claim to offer the best of Czech contemporary literature.

Our aim is to prepare the ground for authors and to make sure their work find its way to foreign publishers and readers. Pluh has the exclusive right to represent the following Czech authors: Petra Hůlová, Miloš Urban, Patrik Ouředník, Tomáš Zmeškal, Emil Hakl, Hana Andronikova, Jan Balabán, Magdalena Platzová, Tereza Brdečková, Marek Šindelka, Filip Topol and Tomáš Kolský.

Petra Hůlová, Miloš Urban and Patrik Ouředník are, in terms of sales, our most successfull authors, often earning out the investment of publishers. However our other writers are pursuing them and starting to make good sales as well.

Jáchym Topol is a close associate of Pluh and the Honorary Consul of our agency. The rights of his work are owned by Suhrkamp Verlag Germany.

The authors and books represented by Pluh are the best Czech modern literature has to offer. The quality of their work is so high that we are convinced that they can own their place in foreign literatures. The proof of the pudding is in the eating, because many books of our authors have already been succesfully translated and published in many countries. Full translated texts of several novels are on request available at Pluh.

News

* We are proud to announce that this year, 2009, we have started to represent three new authors: Tomáš Zmeškal, Jan Balabán and Marek Šindelka.

* In Slovenia and Hungary the success of Europeana by Patrik Ouředník has resulted in extra new editions.

* Europeana is the best selling novel in the list of Dalkey Archive Publishers in the USA.

* According to the Italian newspaper La Stampa The Opportune Moment, 1855 by Patrik Ouředník is the best book of the year 2007.

* Residenz Verlag in Austria will publish in 2010 the German translation rights of Yellow Eyes Will Lead You Home by Markéta Pilátová.

* Peter Owen Publishers in the UK will publish in 2010 the English translation ofThe Seven Churches by Miloš Urban.

* The Italian edition of Petra Hůlová's novel Through Frosted Glass wil be published in Octiber 2009 by Baldini Castoldi Dalai editore.

* The Dutch translation of Jáchym Topol's novel Gargling Tar was awarded with the prestigious Aleida Schot Prize.

* Europeana by Patrik Ouředník is being published in twenty languages.
   The rights of his more recent novel The Opportune Moment has already been sold to nine countries.

* The Seven Churches by Miloš Urban is a best-seller in Spain and Latin America. Over 50,000 copies sold.

* Two novels by Jáchym Topol, Night Work and Garling Tar will be published in the United Kingdom by Portobello Books Publishers.



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Recent sold rights

Country Publication Author
Spain (Ediciones B) Lord Mord Miloš Urban
Germany (Rowohlt) Lord Mord Miloš Urban
Poland (W.A.B.) Love Letter in Cuneiform Script Tomáš Zmeškal
Poland (Good Books) Yellow Eyes Will Lead You Home Markéta Pilátová
Germany (Residenz Verlag) Yellow Eyes Will Lead You Home Markéta Pilátová
Austria (Braumüller Verlag) Of Kids & Parents Emil Hakl
Sweden (Aspekt Forlag) Of Kids & Parents Emil Hakl
Germany (Luchterhand) Trainstation Tajga Petra Hůlová
Spain (Editorial Melusina) The Opportune Moment, 1855 Patrik Ouředník
United States (Dalkey Archive) The Opportune Moment, 1855 Patrik Ouředník
United States (Dalkey Archive) Ad acta Patrik Ouředník
Hungary (Kalligram) Ad acta Patrik Ouředník
Georgia (Pegasus) Europeana Patrik Ouředník
Turkey (Periferi Kitap) The Opportune Moment, 1855 Patrik Ouředník
Turkey (Periferi Kitap) Ad acta Patrik Ouředník
Turkey (Periferi Kitap) All This Belongs To Me Petra Hůlová
Bulgaria (Prozoretz) Ad acta Patrik Ouředník
Germany (Büchergilde) Aaron's Leap Magdaléna Platzová


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Recent foreign publications

Country Publication Author
Italy (Fanucci), 2009 Sette Chiese (The Seven Churches) Miloš Urban
Belgium (Voetnoot), 2009 Een kleine dood (Smrtečka) Miloš Urban
Belgium (Voetnoot), 2009 Zoon en vader (Of Kids & Parents) Emil Hakl
Germany (Luchterhand), 2009 Manches wird geschehen (Circus Les Mémoires) Petra Hůlová
Germany (btb Verlag), 2009 Das Jahrbuch des versteckten Gartens (Scheherezade and the King) Tereza Brdečková
Belgium (Voetnoot), 2009 Zoon en vader (Of Kids & Parents) Emil Hakl
Spain (El Anden), 2008 El mago del aqua (The Water Wizard) Miloš Urban


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Recent domestic publications

Author Title Publisher
Markéta Pilátová Má nemilější kniha (My Most Beloved Book) Torst, Prague, 2009
Miloš Urban Lord Mord Argo, Prague, 2008
Tomáš Zmeškal Milostný dopis klínovým písmem (Love Letter in Cuneiform Script) Torst, Prague, 2008
Petra Hůlová Stanice Tajga (Trainstation Tajga) Torst, Prague, 2008


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What is 'Pluh'?

 Pluh is a literary agency specialised in Czech literature. The name Pluh is Czech for "Plough", and is pronounced like the Dutch word "Ploeg", which also means plough.

Pluh is run by the translators Edgar de Bruin and Magda Hüblová and has ties with numerous publishers abroad, as well with several literary translators. Pluh is very proud to work closely with the famous Czech author Jáchym Topol, who is officially the Honorary Consul of Pluh.

Besides being an literary agency, Pluh devotes its energy to translations of literary works in both Czech and Dutch.

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What can we do for you?

Publishers who are interested in the works of the authors represented by Pluh can find information about them on this website: synopses, biographies, bibliographies, excerpts, reviews and so on.

We handle all business concerning the selling of translation rights to any country in the world.

If you wish to recieve additional information (i.e. long excerpts) or reading copies, full translations, feel free to contact us.

In many cases we can also recommend experienced literary translators with whom we have close contact.

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Acknowledgement

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