Petra Klabouchová
Petra Klabouchová (born August 20 , 1980 , Prachatice) is a Czech writer and journalist. She also works as a music manager for independent rock artists in Europe and the USA, where she organizes live concerts and music production. Petra Klabouchová comes from Husinec in South Bohemia , and spent her childhood in the Šumava Mountains , in Vimperk . After graduating from high school there, she studied journalism, psychology and international relations at Masaryk University in Brno.
As a journalist, she started as an editor in regional newspapers of the“Vltava Labe Press” publishing house, later, after her long-term work stays abroad, in Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and California, she also contributed as an external editor to the magazineGlanc“Currently, her reports are published in the literary magazineHost“. Petra Klabouchová also writes and publishes in Italian with the “La Feltrinelli” publishing house.La Feltrinelli“.
In addition to literary publications, she has been working in the music field since 2004. She represented the rock bands Hollywood Vampires (formed by Alice Cooper, Johnny Depp and Joe Perry), SEX Department and Rock N Roll Army on their concert tours in Europe, the USA and Japan, and participated in the production of their music albums at Perris Records Perris Records (USA, Texas) and in the Czech Republic at Popron Music.
At the North Wall (U severní zdi)
Translation to Macedonian: Margareta Karajanova
Antolog, Skopje, 2024
A story based on true testimonies about the fates of female political prisoners who passed through women's prisons in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. The events are connected to the present through two characters in the book – The Man with a Hole in His Heart and The Carer of the Dying. A new patient, Ludmila, arrives at the hospital for people with terminal illnesses with a diagnosis that the local medical team does not understand. In addition to the cruelty of people and general injustice, this is also a story about the strength of women, motherhood, and old age. The title comes from the geographical location of the mass graves of victims of the communist regime, which are located "at the northern wall" of the Devil's Cemetery in Prague. The novel reveals previously unknown details about the regime that some considered good, and whose perpetrators declare: I was just doing my job.
Sources of the Vltava River (Prameny Vltavy)
Translation to Macedonian: Sonja Stojmenska - Elzeser
Antolog, Skopje, 2024
Behind the story of the discovery of the dead girl Tereza Velkova one cold night in Šumava and the investigation into her death, long-hidden truths about war crimes in the Czech-German border region are revealed. The murdered girl is found wearing a striped prison uniform with a Jewish emblem. Stories emerge of underground tunnels, about a secret Nazi aircraft parts factory, and a camp that was never recorded anywhere and whose victims have no trace. Old stories influence the lives of new generations living in the area. The spirit of inherited intolerance intensifies the division of the community and allows for a dive into the deep layers of the psychological profiles of the main characters of the story.
The novel was awarded the honorary "Jirí Marko" award, which is awarded for the best detective novel in the Czech Republic.