Memory Burn: Czech author Marek Torčík discusses his prize-winning memoir with Jonathan Bolton and Veronika Tuckerova, Department of Slavic Languages in Literatures
Marek Torčík (1993) is a poet, novelist and journalist. He lives in Prague, where he studied English literature and culture at Charles University. His poetry collection Rhizomy (Rhizomes) was published in 2016. His novel Memory Burn (Rozložíš paměť), delves into the aftermath of trauma and meticulously examines the way memory shapes who we are and how we perceive others; it earned Torčík the Jiří Orten Award and the Magnesia Litera Award for Prose (2024). English translation was published in 2025.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
Founded as a graduate program in 1904 and joining with the undergraduate Literature Concentration in 2007, Harvard’s Department of Comparative Literature operates at the crossroads of multilingualism, literary study, and media history.
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