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Jan Faktor

ヤン・ファクトア　/　やん・ふぁくとあ

Writer from Czech Republic

November 3, 1951 (age 74)　・　Prague, Czech Republic

writer
translator
novelist

My Take

Jan Faktor fascinates me as a true border-crosser. Born in Prague, he chose to write in German and went on to win the 2005 Alfred Döblin Prize, among others. Earning literary honors in a language that isn't your mother tongue takes a rare, stubborn devotion to words, and his parallel career as a translator only deepens that impression of a man at home in the spaces between languages. The weighty title of his major novel suggests a writer who digs into memory and the past without flinching. I have real respect for these quiet, uncompromising voices from Central Europe.

Overview

Jan Faktor is a writer from Czech Republic.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jan Faktor
Name (Japanese): ヤン・ファクトア
Reading: やん・ふぁくとあ
Born: November 3, 1951 (age 74)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Rabbit
Origin: Prague, Czech Republic
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / translator / novelist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2005 Alfred Döblin Prize
2010 Candide Preis
1993 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis
2018 Italo-Svevo-Preis

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Georgs Sorgen um die Vergangenheit	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%A2

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