Petr A. Bílek (1962) Czech Republic

literary theorist and historian

Petr A. Bílek is a literary theorist and historian who has authored numerous professional publications and nearly fifty studies, some of which have also been published in English, French, German, Italian, Hungarian, Croatian, and Japanese. He is a professor in the Department of Czech and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and the director of the Institute of Art and Culture Studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. He contributes literary criticism to publications such as A2, Host, Respekt, and Aktuálně.cz.