Marek Torčík (born 1993) is a Czech poet and prose writer. He is originally from Přerov and currently lives in Prague, where he also studied English literature and culture at Charles University. His first poetry collection, rhizomy (Rhizomes, Šimon Ryšavý), was published in 2016. In 2018 and 2020, he was one of the ten finalists in the Czech–Slovak poetry competition Básne SK/CZ. In 2023, he published his first novel, Rozložíš paměť (Memory Burn, Paseka). In it, the author explores the depths of memory in an attempt to come to terms with painful experiences from his childhood. The novel received the Magnesia Litera Prize for fiction as well as the Jiří Orten Prize for authors under thirty in 2024; it is currently being translated into several languages.

Marek Torčík will take part in a discussion and reading as part of the season opening of the Czech Centre Vienna on September 4, 2025.

Citizenship: Czech Republic
Residence: Session 6 (11.08.-14.09.2025)