PhDr. Michal Ajvaz

Michal Ajvaz was born on 30 October 1949 in Prague. From 1967 to 1974 he studied at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University, worked as a hall worker, watchman, janitor and pumpman (1974-1994), then as editor of Literární noviny (Literary Newspapers, 1996-1999), and since 2003 he has been employed at the Center for Theoretical Study of Charles University and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

Since 1989 he has published theoretical and fiction books.

Selected Publications:

Ajvaz, Michal (2023): Dynamický logos. O významové stavbě světa. Praha, Filosofia.

Ajvaz, Michal (2017): Kosmos jako sebeutváření. Červený Kostelec, Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart.

Ajvaz, Michal, Havel, Ivan M. (2017): Pokoje u moře. Červený Kostelec, Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart.

Ajvaz, Michal (2012): Cesta k pramenům smyslu. Genetická fenomenologie Edmunda Husserla. Praha, Filosofia.

Ajvaz, Michal; Havel, Ivan M. (2010): Sindibádův dům. Červený Kostelec, Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart.

Ajvaz, Michal (2009): Hölderlin on Memory. In: L. Doležalová (ed.), Strategies of Remembrance. From Pindar to Hölderlin. Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Ajvaz, Michal; Havel, Ivan M. (2008): Snování. Červený Kostelec, Nakladatelství Pavel Mervart.

Ajvaz, Michal (2007): Maurice Merleau-Ponty: An Attempt at a Synthesis of Phenomenology and Structuralism. In: J. Fehr, P. Kouba (eds.), Dynamic Structure. Language as an Open System. Praha, Litteraria Pragensia.

Ajvaz, Michal (2003): Světelný prales. Úvahy o vidění. Praha, OIKOYMENH.

Ajvaz, Michal (1994): Znak a bytí. Úvahy nad Derridovou grammatologií. Praha, Filosofia.