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Antonín Deliš talks about the countryside, work, illness, being late, a gay experience, a porn cinema, cards, television, literary debts, a mother who still holds onto him, and why a person sometimes comes to themselves late. This is not an interview about a victorious trajectory. It is an interview about the price of not wanting to lie about what you grew up from and what still shapes you today. Who is […]

Five perspectives that do not agree. And precisely because of that, they get closer to him. There is also a voice that would laugh at it all. A voice from before. From places where Antonín Deliš was not yet "Antonín Deliš", but just another hypersensitive person with a tendency toward exaggeration, awkwardness, defiance, and a desire to be someone more than just an easily overlooked version of himself. That voice is […]

"I won't let anyone ruin my language because of someone else's guilt." Antonín Deliš on AI, writing, solitude, imperfection, the public sphere, and the right to create in one's own time. The debate surrounding artificial intelligence tends to be loud, moralizing, and often surprisingly shallow. Yet writer Antonín Deliš neither defends the technology as an idol nor rejects it as evil. He speaks from the perspective of a solitary author who learns as he goes, carrying […]

An interview with me was published on Kultura21.cz and I have a peculiar kind of joy about it. Not the polished, showcase kind. Rather a joy that sits down beside you, is quiet for a moment, and then reminds you that some things are actually happening. In it, I talk about Svět knihy Praha 2026, what's been running through my head before the festival, books, the noise in which they are created, […]

PRESS KIT Antonín Deliš Welcome to the press kit of Czech writer Antonín Deliš. On this page you will find basic materials for the media, cultural editorial offices, literary blogs, reviewers, librarians, event organizers and others interested in the author's work: a professional profile, current books and projects, annotations, author photographs, covers, excerpts, articles and contact information. The materials are intended for editorial and non-commercial use in articles, reviews, […]

Where to find me at Svět knihy Praha 2026 In May 2026, I will participate in the Svět knihy Praha international book festival, one of the largest literary gatherings in Central Europe. If you want to see my books in person, browse through them, or get them signed, you can stop by and see me during the festival. You can find me at Výstaviště Praha in Křižík Pavilion D, where I will […]

"I'm not just writing a book, I'm building a whole world." Writer Antonín Deliš publishes novels, composes soundtracks, and looks for readers on TikTok Not all authors start out with a major publishing house or hundreds of thousands of followers online. Writer Antonín Deliš has decided to take a different path: he self-publishes his books, composes musical soundtracks for them, and tries to attract readers through social media all the way to a table at a book festival […]

Antonín Deliš is a heavy contemporary artist whose work connects literature, music, and fine art. He is the author of nearly a hundred paintings – from intimate portraits to abstract landscapes and extensive cycles like Léčení pokřiveného mužství. In an interview conducted by artificial intelligence, he speaks of painting as the light that guided him through mourning, the energy of houses, death, eroticism, and why certain paintings [...]

Žár pod hladinou is a novel that poses as a "queer pool love story", but in reality aims elsewhere: to a place where the body becomes language, silence is the economy of survival, and water acts as both witness and accomplice. Right at the beginning, Antonín Deliš dares a boldness that many established names lack today: he promises the reader "truthfully, without euphemisms" — and then […]

When Prague hurts just like love Author Antonín Deliš writes heavy contemporary fiction that doesn't take place "somewhere far away," but in places you might know from your own life: Prague, a swimming pool, pressure to perform, the body as a language. In the pentalogy Usuš své vlasy v 15:30, 2:45, he follows how the love between two boys is born out of hatred and fear. Alongside that, he builds Dvojzář — a book of two […]

🇨🇿 Antonín Deliš: A writer of freedom, introspection, and narrated universes My journey to writing was never just about words – it was about searching, about discovering worlds that I wanted not only to describe, but also to create. Although I formally studied film and television production management, directing, and screenwriting, which gave me a solid foundation for understanding narrative and story structure, my true writing stems [...]

I would like to share with you some exciting news I've been diligently working on lately. My new novel titled Usuš své vlasy v 15:30, 2:45 is slowly reaching its final form, and I am thrilled to give you a glimpse into its plot and characters. The story follows Tom and Viktor, two students from Prague who navigate the world of competitive swimming and erotic video booths […]