Michael Tate

Michael Tate is the founder of Jantar Publishing, a small press devoted to releasing English translations of Central and Eastern European literature. He studied Czech literature at Univerzita Karlova in Prague and is a graduate of the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies.

Articles

Lies Are Beautiful. They Make Life Possible: On Ivica Prtenjača’s “Let’s Go Home, Son”
Michael Tate reviews Croatian author Ivica Prtenjača’s newly translated novel “Let’s Go Home, Son."
Michael TateAug 9, 2023
- Fiction
Spies in Neverland: On Ana Schnabl’s “The Masterpiece”
A novel about illicit love and betrayal in 1980s Slovenia.
Michael TateDec 29, 2021
- Fiction
Friday Prayers: On Aslı Biçen’s “Snapping Point”
Aslı Biçen’s novel is a political allegory of Erdoğan’s Turkey that works in other contexts, too.
Michael TateMay 13, 2021
- Fiction
Granny Knows Best
Olja Knežević’s newly translated novel is a delightful portrait of a “women’s circle of witches” in war-torn Montenegro.
Michael TateOct 2, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Living the Dream: On Ludvík Vaculík’s “A Czech Dreambook”
Michael Tate delves into “A Czech Dreambook” by Ludvík Vaculík, translated by Gerald Turner.
Michael TateApr 4, 2020
Smoking with Elvis: A Tale of the Mangled Generation
A superb translation of a bleakly brilliant novel about the Bosnian war.
Michael TateSep 15, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Don Quixote meets Oblomov in 1990s Bosnia
Michael Tate reviews "Seven Terrors" by Selvedin Avdić.
Michael TateDec 6, 2018
“A Single Wand of Rusted Quince”: On the Visionary Poetry of Bohuslav Reynek
Michael Tate peers into “The Well at Morning: Selected Poems, 1925–1971” by Bohuslav Reynek, translated by Justin Quinn.
Michael TateJan 15, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry

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