Anglo-American University in Prague New SAHSS Dean and Author Zuzana Říhová Reads from her Book Playing Wolf
Zuzana Říhová—AAU’s new Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Dean and Associate Professor of Czech and Comparative Literature—read from her novel Playing Wolf (Catapult) as part of many literary nights held at AAU’s library to highlight special guests and AAU faculty, moderated by Seth Rogoff.
This horror fiction centers around a couple in a failing marriage who discover their son missing one night after moving from Prague to a mysterious village in the hopes of resurrecting their marriage. This dark tale poetically explores human destiny and the animal in each of us.
“I capture images. My writing is an attempt to accurately record the images, situations, and scenes that I see so clearly. And the only tool I have to convey these images to readers is language. And it is a wonderful tool.” Říhová said.
She presented Playing Wolf in New York, Chicago, and Boston in the fall of 2025 as well as in London, Oxford, and Leipzig in March 2026. During the reading, Říhová discussed her writing process and contemporary literature.
Říhová is an experienced international lecturer, acclaimed scholar of avant-garde and modernism in a wider European context, as well as a published writer. She found a passion in teaching and combined it with her love for the UK and the US—where she worked as a lecturer—at AAU.
As dean, Říhová initiated the launch of three new programs to refresh the SAHSS, including Creative Writing and Storytelling, Art Therapy, and Graphic Design. AAU continues to strive for excellence through its faculty and students, highlighting and congratulating their many achievements.