Veronika Tuckerová

Veronika Tuckerová teaches in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. She grew up in Prague, and holds a PhD in German and Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Her research focuses on Franz Kafka and Prague German Literature, bilingualism, samizdat, and translation. Veronika edited and co-translated an anthology of the multilingual poet, Ivan Blatný (2007); among her translations from German to Czech is Gershom Scholem’s memoir, From Berlin to Jerusalem. Veronika is a regular contributor to the art and literary journal based in Prague, Revolver Revue.