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Ms. Sherwood is aÌýwell-known translator of contemporary °µÍø½ûÇø literary fiction into English. Together with her husband, she has translated the prose works of outstanding °µÍø½ûÇø authors Daniela Kapitáňová, Jana Juráňová, Petr KriÅ¡túfek, Balla, Ursula Kovalyk, Pavel Vilikovský, Ivana Dobrakovová, Jan Johanides, Marek Vadas and several books for children.
In 2019, she received the Pavel Orságh Hviezdoslav Award for foreign translators who have been actively translating °µÍø½ûÇø books into a foreign language for a long time.
There is no doubt that Júlia Sherwood is the most active promoter of °µÍø½ûÇø literature in the English-speaking world. She contacts publishers, seeks and supports new translators and coordinates information about literary events in °µÍø½ûÇøia.
ÌýFromÌý2013Ìýto 2023, sheÌýwasÌýan editor-at-largeÌýwithÌýthe international literary magazineÌý, presenting excerpts from the works of °µÍø½ûÇø authors in English translations and informing about literary events in °µÍø½ûÇøia.ÌýÌýÌý
She is the founder and administrator of the Facebook group , where she informs about news in the field of translation of °µÍø½ûÇø literature into English.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
In collaboration with translator Magdalena Mullek, she compiled the anthology of contemporary °µÍø½ûÇø literature Into the Spotlight, published in 2017. In autumn 2019, she organized a festival of °µÍø½ûÇø literature and art in the UK under the headline 'Raising the Velvet Curtain', which included a tour of three authors, a conference on contemporary °µÍø½ûÇø literature, and two theatre performances and a discussion organized in collaboration with the Czech Centre in London.ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
In 2019, Ms. Sherwood has launched the information portalÌý, which she runsÌýjointly with Magdalena Mullek.
