Daniel Micka (born 22 April 1963 in
Prague) is a
Czech writer and translator from English and French into Czech.
His stories have been published since 1992 in a range of Czech
literary periodicals, later he has published three collections of his stories in a book form. The first book Overwhelmed by Love for Someone was published in 1996, and its sequel Fear of People in 2001. His next related collection Looking for Someone and Dreaming About Making Love to Them was released first in 2007 as an
e-book and in a book form in 2011. His stories became the inspiration for two plays and some have been published in translation into Finnish, Dutch and Polish in foreign literary anthologies and magazines.
Daniel Micka, in addition to writing prose now dedicates himself to translating from English and French into
Czech for various publishers. He also works as a book editor.
He lives and works in
Prague in the Czech Republic.
The supplement of Tvar – TVARy – also published a small collection of stories:
Strach z lidí. [Fear of People.] Series TVARy, vol. 2. 1995. – "Strach z lidí". Tvar. 6 (2): 1–32 (suppl.). 26 January 1995.
Hledání člověka. [Looking for Someone.] Series TVARy, vol. 19. 2004. – "Hledání člověka". Tvar. 15 (19): 1–32 (suppl.). 18 November 2004.
ISSN0862-657X.
Published books
Samou láskou člověka sníst. [Overwhelmed by Love for Someone.] Brno: Petrov. 1996.
ISBN80-85247-72-0.
– A collection of twenty three short stories expressing the feelings of a lonely man who finds the courage to approach people but looks for his place in life in vain; the main theme of these stories is finally death and the indifference to others and their indifference to the individual.
Strach z lidí. [Fear of People.] Brno: Petrov. 2001.
ISBN80-7227-097-4.
– A collection of forty two stories on various themes linked by the feeling of the rootlessness and groping of a man – his embarrassment over his life and interpersonal relations, his fear of other people; the book is in stark contrast to the first but is in fact a continuation.
Hledání člověka a sny o milování se s ním. [Looking for Someone and Dreaming About Making Love to Them.] Praha : dybbuk. 2011.
ISBN978-80-7438-042-6.
E-book: Hledání člověka a sny o milování se s ním [E-kniha]. Praha : dybbuk, 2011. 144 pages (PDF). EAN EK167551.[7] – revised edition
The book was originally published as an e-book: Hledání člověka a sny o milování se s ním. Praha (
e-book): dybbuk. 2007. (Beletrie; vol. 05.)[8]
– The next collection of short stories is based on extraordinary experiences of the narrator, who appears in them in a range of unusual forms but in an unchangeable role; the literary and existential testimony of an individual looking for someone and dreaming about making love to them.
Published in anthologies
"Exkurse" (in Czech). in
Kopáč, Radim;
Jirkalová, Karolína; et al. (eds.) (2004). Antologie nové české literatury 1995–2004. [Anthology of New Czech Literature 1995–2004.] Praha: Fra. pp. 209–213.
ISBN80-86603-22-9.
Translated into foreign languages
—— (September 1994). "Illusorinen murha". Parnasso (in Finnish). 44 (3). Translated by
Eero Balk. Helsinki: 322.
ISSN0031-2320.
—— (2004). "Ystäväkauppa". Bohemia (in Finnish) (1). Translated by
Eero Balk. Helsinki.
ISSN1456-9493.[9]
—— (December 2007). "Verhalen : Adoptie; Ontsnapping; Zoenen van een egel in een kooi". Tijdschrift voor Slavische Literatuur (in Dutch) (48). Translated by
Herbert van Lynden. Amsterdam: 36–47.
ISSN0922-1182.[10]Available online – three stories from the book Strach z lidí [Fear of People] (2001).
—— (December 2012). "Verhalen : Mijn terechtstelling; Kooi met bavianen; Kastanjes". Tijdschrift voor Slavische Literatuur (in Dutch) (63). Translated by
Herbert van Lynden. Amsterdam: 71–75.
ISSN0922-1182.
Available online – three stories from the book Samou láskou člověka sníst [Overwhelmed by Love for Someone] (1996).
—— (2005). Translated by
Barbara Kudaj. "W poszukiwaniu człowieka". Czeskie Revue (Racibórz-Ostróg) [online] (in
Polish).
Available online (archived link) – three stories from the collection Hledání člověka [Looking for Someone] (2004).
Skolimowski, Henryk (2001). Účastná mysl : nová teorie poznání a vesmíru. [The Participatory Mind : A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe.] Praha: Mladá fronta.
ISBN80-204-0918-1.
Gray, John (2004). Dvě tváře liberalismu. [Two Faces of Liberalism.] Praha: Mladá fronta.
ISBN80-204-0992-0.
Jampolsky, Gerald G. (2004). Léčivá moc lásky : sedm principů atitudálního léčení. [Teach Only Love : The Seven Principles of Attitudinal Healing.] Praha: Pragma.
ISBN80-7205-145-8.
Helminiak, Daniel A. (2007). Co vlastně Bible říká o homosexualitě? [What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality.] Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK).
ISBN978-80-7325-122-2.
Slipp, Samuel (2007). Freudovská mystika : Freud, ženy a feminismus. [The Freudian Mystique :
Freud, Women, and Feminism.] Praha: Triton.
ISBN978-80-7254-891-0.
Wolff, Larry (2007). Týrání a zneužívání dětí ve Vídni v době Freuda (korespondenční lístky z konce světa). [Child Abuse in Freud's Vienna : Postcards from the End of the World.] Praha: Triton.
ISBN978-80-7254-869-9.
Buruma, Ian (2012). Krocení bohů : Náboženství a demokracie na třech kontinentech. [Taming the Gods : Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.] Praha: Academia.
ISBN978-80-200-2040-6.
Smith, Jeffrey M. (2015). Doba jedová 5 : Geneticky modifikované potraviny. [Genetic Roulette : The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7387-924-2.
Moyo, Dambisa (2015). Kterak Západ zbloudil : 50 let ekonomického bláznovství – a neúprosná rozhodnutí, která nás čekají. [How the West Was Lost : Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead.] Praha: Academia.
ISBN978-80-200-2500-5.
Wolynn, Mark (2017): Trauma : nechtěné dědictví : jak nás formuje zděděné rodinné trauma a jak je překonat. [It Didn't Start with You : How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-129-2.
Washington, Harriet A. (2017): Doba jedová 8 : Infekční šílenství : Vakcíny, antibiotika, autismus, schizofrenie, viry. [Infectious madness : The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-343-2.
Bollinger, Ty M. (2017): Pravda o rakovině : Vše, co potřebujete vědět o historii, léčbě a prevenci této zákeřné nemoci. [The Truth about Cancer : What You Need to Know about Cancer's History, Treatment, and Prevention.] Praha: Dobrovský s.r.o., Omega.
ISBN978-80-7390-592-7.
Bakan, David (2017): Sigmund Freud a židovská mystická tradice. [Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition.] Praha: Volvox Globator.
ISBN978-80-7511-363-4.
Allender, Dan B. (2018): Léčba zraněného srdce : Bolest ze sexuálního zneužití a naděje na proměnu. [Healing the Wounded Heart : The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-518-4.
Mace, Nancy L;
Rabins, Peter V. (2018): Alzheimer : Rodinný průvodce péčí o nemocné s Alzheimerovou chorobou a jinými demencemi : ztráta paměti, změny chování a nálad, jak vydržet v roli ošetřovatele, každodenní péče o blízké s demencí či ztrátou paměti. [The 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have
Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-583-2.
Rooney, Anne (2018): Příběh psychologie : Od duchů k psychoterapii: naše mysl v průběhu věků. [The Story of Psychology : From Spirits to Psychotherapy: Tracing the Mind Through the Ages.] Praha: Dobrovský s.r.o., Omega.
ISBN978-80-7390-889-8.
Perry, Gina (2019): Ztracení chlapci : Kontroverzní psychologický experiment Muzafera Sherifa ve Státním parku Robbers Cave. [The Lost Boys : Inside
Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-667-9.
Cohen, David (2022): Freud na koksu. [Freud on Coke.] Praha: Malvern.
ISBN978-80-7530-365-3.
Awards and nominations
Translation of the book Chandak Sengoopta Otto Weininger, Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna was nominated for the Academia Publishing House Prize for the translation of scientific or non-fiction work in 2009.[11]
Translations from French into Czech
Cyrulnik, Boris (2020): Když si dítě sáhne na život. (Child Suicide.) [Quand un enfant se donne « la mort ».] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-788-1.
Cyrulnik, Boris (2020): V noci jsem psal o slunci: Psaní jako prostředek terapie. (At Night, I Would Write Suns.) [La nuit, j'écrirai des soleils.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-819-2.
Daniel Micka (born 22 April 1963 in
Prague) is a
Czech writer and translator from English and French into Czech.
His stories have been published since 1992 in a range of Czech
literary periodicals, later he has published three collections of his stories in a book form. The first book Overwhelmed by Love for Someone was published in 1996, and its sequel Fear of People in 2001. His next related collection Looking for Someone and Dreaming About Making Love to Them was released first in 2007 as an
e-book and in a book form in 2011. His stories became the inspiration for two plays and some have been published in translation into Finnish, Dutch and Polish in foreign literary anthologies and magazines.
Daniel Micka, in addition to writing prose now dedicates himself to translating from English and French into
Czech for various publishers. He also works as a book editor.
He lives and works in
Prague in the Czech Republic.
The supplement of Tvar – TVARy – also published a small collection of stories:
Strach z lidí. [Fear of People.] Series TVARy, vol. 2. 1995. – "Strach z lidí". Tvar. 6 (2): 1–32 (suppl.). 26 January 1995.
Hledání člověka. [Looking for Someone.] Series TVARy, vol. 19. 2004. – "Hledání člověka". Tvar. 15 (19): 1–32 (suppl.). 18 November 2004.
ISSN0862-657X.
Published books
Samou láskou člověka sníst. [Overwhelmed by Love for Someone.] Brno: Petrov. 1996.
ISBN80-85247-72-0.
– A collection of twenty three short stories expressing the feelings of a lonely man who finds the courage to approach people but looks for his place in life in vain; the main theme of these stories is finally death and the indifference to others and their indifference to the individual.
Strach z lidí. [Fear of People.] Brno: Petrov. 2001.
ISBN80-7227-097-4.
– A collection of forty two stories on various themes linked by the feeling of the rootlessness and groping of a man – his embarrassment over his life and interpersonal relations, his fear of other people; the book is in stark contrast to the first but is in fact a continuation.
Hledání člověka a sny o milování se s ním. [Looking for Someone and Dreaming About Making Love to Them.] Praha : dybbuk. 2011.
ISBN978-80-7438-042-6.
E-book: Hledání člověka a sny o milování se s ním [E-kniha]. Praha : dybbuk, 2011. 144 pages (PDF). EAN EK167551.[7] – revised edition
The book was originally published as an e-book: Hledání člověka a sny o milování se s ním. Praha (
e-book): dybbuk. 2007. (Beletrie; vol. 05.)[8]
– The next collection of short stories is based on extraordinary experiences of the narrator, who appears in them in a range of unusual forms but in an unchangeable role; the literary and existential testimony of an individual looking for someone and dreaming about making love to them.
Published in anthologies
"Exkurse" (in Czech). in
Kopáč, Radim;
Jirkalová, Karolína; et al. (eds.) (2004). Antologie nové české literatury 1995–2004. [Anthology of New Czech Literature 1995–2004.] Praha: Fra. pp. 209–213.
ISBN80-86603-22-9.
Translated into foreign languages
—— (September 1994). "Illusorinen murha". Parnasso (in Finnish). 44 (3). Translated by
Eero Balk. Helsinki: 322.
ISSN0031-2320.
—— (2004). "Ystäväkauppa". Bohemia (in Finnish) (1). Translated by
Eero Balk. Helsinki.
ISSN1456-9493.[9]
—— (December 2007). "Verhalen : Adoptie; Ontsnapping; Zoenen van een egel in een kooi". Tijdschrift voor Slavische Literatuur (in Dutch) (48). Translated by
Herbert van Lynden. Amsterdam: 36–47.
ISSN0922-1182.[10]Available online – three stories from the book Strach z lidí [Fear of People] (2001).
—— (December 2012). "Verhalen : Mijn terechtstelling; Kooi met bavianen; Kastanjes". Tijdschrift voor Slavische Literatuur (in Dutch) (63). Translated by
Herbert van Lynden. Amsterdam: 71–75.
ISSN0922-1182.
Available online – three stories from the book Samou láskou člověka sníst [Overwhelmed by Love for Someone] (1996).
—— (2005). Translated by
Barbara Kudaj. "W poszukiwaniu człowieka". Czeskie Revue (Racibórz-Ostróg) [online] (in
Polish).
Available online (archived link) – three stories from the collection Hledání člověka [Looking for Someone] (2004).
Skolimowski, Henryk (2001). Účastná mysl : nová teorie poznání a vesmíru. [The Participatory Mind : A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe.] Praha: Mladá fronta.
ISBN80-204-0918-1.
Gray, John (2004). Dvě tváře liberalismu. [Two Faces of Liberalism.] Praha: Mladá fronta.
ISBN80-204-0992-0.
Jampolsky, Gerald G. (2004). Léčivá moc lásky : sedm principů atitudálního léčení. [Teach Only Love : The Seven Principles of Attitudinal Healing.] Praha: Pragma.
ISBN80-7205-145-8.
Helminiak, Daniel A. (2007). Co vlastně Bible říká o homosexualitě? [What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality.] Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury (CDK).
ISBN978-80-7325-122-2.
Slipp, Samuel (2007). Freudovská mystika : Freud, ženy a feminismus. [The Freudian Mystique :
Freud, Women, and Feminism.] Praha: Triton.
ISBN978-80-7254-891-0.
Wolff, Larry (2007). Týrání a zneužívání dětí ve Vídni v době Freuda (korespondenční lístky z konce světa). [Child Abuse in Freud's Vienna : Postcards from the End of the World.] Praha: Triton.
ISBN978-80-7254-869-9.
Buruma, Ian (2012). Krocení bohů : Náboženství a demokracie na třech kontinentech. [Taming the Gods : Religion and Democracy on Three Continents.] Praha: Academia.
ISBN978-80-200-2040-6.
Smith, Jeffrey M. (2015). Doba jedová 5 : Geneticky modifikované potraviny. [Genetic Roulette : The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7387-924-2.
Moyo, Dambisa (2015). Kterak Západ zbloudil : 50 let ekonomického bláznovství – a neúprosná rozhodnutí, která nás čekají. [How the West Was Lost : Fifty Years of Economic Folly – And the Stark Choices that Lie Ahead.] Praha: Academia.
ISBN978-80-200-2500-5.
Wolynn, Mark (2017): Trauma : nechtěné dědictví : jak nás formuje zděděné rodinné trauma a jak je překonat. [It Didn't Start with You : How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-129-2.
Washington, Harriet A. (2017): Doba jedová 8 : Infekční šílenství : Vakcíny, antibiotika, autismus, schizofrenie, viry. [Infectious madness : The Surprising Science of How We "Catch" Mental Illness.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-343-2.
Bollinger, Ty M. (2017): Pravda o rakovině : Vše, co potřebujete vědět o historii, léčbě a prevenci této zákeřné nemoci. [The Truth about Cancer : What You Need to Know about Cancer's History, Treatment, and Prevention.] Praha: Dobrovský s.r.o., Omega.
ISBN978-80-7390-592-7.
Bakan, David (2017): Sigmund Freud a židovská mystická tradice. [Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition.] Praha: Volvox Globator.
ISBN978-80-7511-363-4.
Allender, Dan B. (2018): Léčba zraněného srdce : Bolest ze sexuálního zneužití a naděje na proměnu. [Healing the Wounded Heart : The Heartache of Sexual Abuse and the Hope of Transformation.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-518-4.
Mace, Nancy L;
Rabins, Peter V. (2018): Alzheimer : Rodinný průvodce péčí o nemocné s Alzheimerovou chorobou a jinými demencemi : ztráta paměti, změny chování a nálad, jak vydržet v roli ošetřovatele, každodenní péče o blízké s demencí či ztrátou paměti. [The 36-Hour Day : A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have
Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-583-2.
Rooney, Anne (2018): Příběh psychologie : Od duchů k psychoterapii: naše mysl v průběhu věků. [The Story of Psychology : From Spirits to Psychotherapy: Tracing the Mind Through the Ages.] Praha: Dobrovský s.r.o., Omega.
ISBN978-80-7390-889-8.
Perry, Gina (2019): Ztracení chlapci : Kontroverzní psychologický experiment Muzafera Sherifa ve Státním parku Robbers Cave. [The Lost Boys : Inside
Muzafer Sherif's Robbers Cave Experiment.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-667-9.
Cohen, David (2022): Freud na koksu. [Freud on Coke.] Praha: Malvern.
ISBN978-80-7530-365-3.
Awards and nominations
Translation of the book Chandak Sengoopta Otto Weininger, Sex, Science, and Self in Imperial Vienna was nominated for the Academia Publishing House Prize for the translation of scientific or non-fiction work in 2009.[11]
Translations from French into Czech
Cyrulnik, Boris (2020): Když si dítě sáhne na život. (Child Suicide.) [Quand un enfant se donne « la mort ».] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-788-1.
Cyrulnik, Boris (2020): V noci jsem psal o slunci: Psaní jako prostředek terapie. (At Night, I Would Write Suns.) [La nuit, j'écrirai des soleils.] Praha: Stanislav Juhaňák–Triton.
ISBN978-80-7553-819-2.