Melvyn
Clarke

(1956, United Kingdom) is a graduate of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies in London, where he studied Czech and Slovak language, literature, and history. Since 1990 he has lived in and around Prague. Recent published translations into English have included: The House Beyond the Mist by Ester Stará and B. Proudew by Irena Dousková. Since 1999 he has moderated Czechlist, an online translators’ discussion forum, and he teaches Czech-English translation in Prague.

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