Jan Němec (born 1981) is a Czech writer. He was born and raised in Brno. He studied at Masaryk University and the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, both in Brno.
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He has published four books till date:
- První život (First Life, poetry, 2007)
- Hra pro čtyři ruce (Playing Four Hands, short stories, 2009)
- Dějiny světla (A History of Light, novel, 2013)
- Možnosti milostného románu (Possibilities of Love Novel, novel, 2019)
A History of Light is a biographical novel about the photographer František Drtikol and won The Czech Book, and the European Union Prize for Literature.[1]
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