Jan Kanturek
Encyclopedia
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
translator of fantasy, science fiction, comics and westerns from English. His most known translations are Discworld
Discworld
Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
by Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett, OBE is an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels...
and book about Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian is a fictional sword and sorcery hero that originated in pulp fiction magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, several films , television programs, video games, roleplaying games and other media...
by R.E. Howard and his successors.
Life
He really is married!, with two children and lives in PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
. Between 1975-1990 Kantůrek worked as a copy editor in the Artia publishing house. Since 1990 to 1992 he was a director of marketing department in Aventinum publishing house. And since 1992 he works as a translator.
In 1984 he became a member of fanclub of Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
and starts with translations of fanzins. He is a comics collector and by his own words he can read English but not speak.
He belongs to the Czech's most popular translators, among fans and among public readers, mainly because of his work on Discworld
Discworld
Discworld is a comic fantasy book series by English author Sir Terry Pratchett, set on the Discworld, a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants which, in turn, stand on the back of a giant turtle, Great A'Tuin. The books frequently parody, or at least take inspiration from, J. R. R....
series.
He has also performed unspeakable acts and as a librarian in the production of Pratchett's books. He was awarded with the price of Academy of science fiction, fantasy and horrors in the years 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. In 2003 he received price for his lifetime work.