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Martin Šmaus

Born 1965 · Czechia

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Books on prize lists

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    Magnesia Litera 2006 · Shortlist

    Děvčátko, rozdělej ohníček

    Title translated by AI:“Little Girl, Light a Fire”

    Martin Šmaus · 40 when first published

    Novel · 254 pages · Migration, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:Andrej Dunka, a Roma boy from a settlement near the Soviet border in eastern Slovakia, moves with his family to Prague's Žižkov, where they send him out to steal.