Short Fiction Reading March 2009

Carmen Burcea Haber was born in Romania, has worked as a model, an actress, a PR person, a costume designer and a stylist in fashion. Since leaving Bucharest following the overthrow of Ceausescu, she has lived in Rome, LA and Prague. In 2002 she wrote “Last Bus to Baghdad” a true account of her surprising and harrowing adventures in 1990 during a trip to Iraq. Subsequently she began writing fiction, and has prolifically written over thirty short stories and four children’s books to date.

Ken Nash in Korean ( ? ??) mean "he who swallows swords." Originally from the U.S., Ken has lived in Prague since 2001. He is the founder of the Alchemy Reading & Performance Series, which takes place on the first Monday of each month. His short fiction has appeared in The Prague Revue, Bordercrossing-Berlin and X-24, an international anthology of contemporary short fiction. In addition to writing short fiction, Ken is a visual artist and musician/song writer. His music CD "Magic Squirrels" will be released in May 2009.

Jan (Stanislav) Nemejovský is an actor, translator, and, until March 2009, university lecturer, born in Prague. In 1968 he left for Britain to study Drama and Theatre Arts, and Russian Studies at Birmingham University. He worked as a technician in Czech National Theater before completing History and Theory of Theater, and English Studies at Charles University. His acting career began in basic school, and continued throughout gymnasium and university (Birmingham Repertory Theatre). Later he worked in Komedie Theater in Prague, smaller theater groups, and Czechoslovak Radio Interprogramme (focusing on broadcasting, news-reading, and voice-overs). From 1987 until 2008 he appeared in more than 100 movies and TV shows, mostly in foreign productions and co-productions (working with famous directors and actors both Czech and international). His translation work includes theater plays, screen plays, subtitles, dialogue adaptations, and fiction. Jan Nemejovsky is also an author of song lyrics, several screen plays, and theater plays (not yet published).

Jan Nemejovský read the stories by Carmen Burcea Haber.