# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-hilsky
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:41:31.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-hilsky"
name: "Martin Hilský"
slug: "martin-hilsky"
description: "Prof. Martin Hilský is professor emeritus of English literature at Charles University in Prague and a translator.\nHe is most acclaimed for his translations into Czech of William Shakespeare's works for which he was awarded the 2011 Czech State Award for Translation. In 2001 he was named an honorary holder of the Order of the British Empire. He has also written extensive prefaces and epilogues for several books."
tagline: "Czech literature historian, translator and university educator"
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gender: "male"
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profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-04-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump