dark background that is the crucible out of which Klíma's written material was shaped: the knowledge of the depths of human cruelty, along with a private need for personal integrity, the struggle of the individual to keep whatever personal values the totalitarian regimes he lived under were attempting to obliterate. For his writing abilities, Ivan Klíma was awarded Franz Kafka Prize in 2002 as a second recipient. His two-volume memoir Moje šílené století ("My Crazy Century") won the Czech literary prize, the Magnesia Litera, in the non-fiction category in 2010. My Crazy Century was published in English in 2013 by Grove Press. Lisa Leshne of The Leshne Agency is Klima's literary agent. Bibliography A Ship Named Hope: Two Novels (1970) Milostné léto (1972) Ma veselá jitra (1985) Moje první lásky (1985) My Merry Mornings: Stories from Prague (1985) Love and Garbage (Láska a smetí) (1986; English Translation 1990) My First Loves (1986) Soudce z milosti (1986) A Summer Affair (1987) Milenci na jednu noc (1988) My First Loves (1988) Už se blíží meče: Eseje, Fejetony, Rozhovory (1990) Ministr a anděl (1990) Rozhovor v Praze (1990) Moje zlatá řemesla (1990) Hry: Hra o dvou dějstvích (1991) Judge on Trial (1991) My Golden Trades (1992) Ostrov mrtvých králů (1992)Čekání na tmu, čekání na světlo (1993)Judge on Trial (1993)Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light (1994)*The Spirit of Prague and Other Essays (1994)My Golden Trades (1994)Milostné rozhovory (1995)Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light (1995)Jak daleko je slunce (1995)The Spirit of Prague: And Other Essays (1995)Čekání na tmu, čekání na světlo (1996)Poslední stupeň důvěrnosti (1996)The Ultimate Intimacy (1997)Loď jménem Naděje (1998)When I came home (1998)Kruh nepřátel českého jazyka: Fejetony (1998)O chlapci, který se nestal číslem (1998)Fictions and Histories (1998)Lovers for a Day (1999)No Saints or Angels (Ani svatí, ani andělé) (1999; English translation, 2001)Between Security and Insecurity (2000)Velký věk chce mít též velké mordy (2001)Premiér a anděl (2003)Moje šílené století ("My Crazy Century") (2009; English translation, 2013) References External links Spisovatel Ivan Klíma převzal Cenu Karla Čapka, tomu i poděkoval (Lidové noviny) "Optimism Outlasted a Lifetime of Horrors - Ivan Klima’s ‘My Crazy Century’ Spans Decades of Czech Life", The New York Times, 17 November 2013, Maya Jaggi: " Building bridges", The Guardian'', 1 May 2004, "Ivan Klíma: a sceptic in the era of entertainment culture", Czech Radio, 8. 11. 2009, 20th-century Czech novelists 20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights Czech male