Andrew OaklandMichal Ajvaz is a Czech novelist, essayist, poet, and translator. In 2005, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Prize for his novel Pra?zdne? ulice (Empty Streets). He is a researcher at Prague's Center for Theoretical Studies. In addition to fiction,he has published an essay on Derrida, a book-length meditation on Borges, and a philosophical study on the act of seeing. Read More Read Less