J R Pick Author

J. R. Pick (1925-83) was born, lived, and died in Prague. He published nine books during his lifetime and was best known for his plays, satirical sketches, poems, and epigrams. Alex Zucker has translated novels by Czech authors Petra Hulova, Jachym Topol, Magdalena Platzova, Tomas Zmeskal, Josef Jedlicka, Heda Margolius Kovaly, Patrik Ourednik, and Miloslava Holubova. His translation of Topol's The Devil's Workshop received the English PEN Award for Writing in Translation. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.