The French writer Pierre André Michon was awarded the prestigious Franz Kafka Prize at the Old Town Hall in Prague on October 22, 2019. He became the nineteenth laureate of this international literary prize awarded by the Franz Kafka Society in cooperation with the City of Prague. The ceremony was hosted by Jakub Železný (Czech Television), music performed by violoncellist Terezie Vodička Kovalová.
From left: Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize; Eva Anderová , Director of Franz Kafka Center; Radka Hoffmanová, Program Department of Franz Kafka Center; Lucie Paříková, Head of Office of Franz Kafka Center; and Tomáš Chlebeček , Deputy Director of Franz Kafka Center
Eva Anderová, Director of Franz Kafka Center and Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize
From left: Vladimír Železný, President of Franz Kafka Society and member of Jury of Franz Kafka Prize 2019; MilanŠtěch, formerPresidentoftheSenate;HanaTřeštíková,CouncilloroftheCityofPrague;andJanWolf, Chairman of the City Hall Culture Committee
Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize in Franz Kafka Center
Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize and Actress Veronika Lazorčáková in Franz Kafka Center
From left: Josef Čermák, Member of Committee of Franz Kafka Society and member of Jury of Franz Kafka Prize 2019 and Jan Vít, Member of Committee of Franz Kafka Society
From left: Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize; André Derval, member of Jury of Franz Kafka Prize 2019; and Lucie Rounová, Interpreter
From left: Fadhl AlMaghafi, Deputy Head of Mission from Embassy of the Republic of Yemen; Eva Anderová, Director of Franz Kafka Center; Benke Aikell, your Publisher; H.E. Efthymios Efthymiades, Ambassador of Greece in Czech Republic; Thorsten Kalinowski, partner of Greek Ambassador; and H.E. Sundus Omar Ali Albayraqdar; Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq with her husband
From left: Lucie Paříková, Head of Office of Franz Kafka Center; Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize; and Radka Hoffmanová, Program Department of Franz Kafka Center
Cellist Terezie Vodička Kovalová in Brožík Hall in the Old Town Hall in Prague
From left: H.E. Roland Galharague, Ambassador of France in Prague; Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize; and Lucie Rounová, Interpreter
From left: Hana Třeštíková, Councillor of the City of Prague; Vladimír Železný, President of Franz Kafka Society and member of Jury of Franz Kafka Prize 2019; and Pierre Michon, laureate of Franz Kafka Prize