Hana Ulmanová is an American studies scholar and translator from English to Czech. She is senior lecturer in American literature at the Charles’ University of Prague. Research interests include contemporary American literature, American Jewish literature, and Southern American literature. She has translated, among others, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty, Bernard Malamud, and Isaac B. Singer. She is a literary critic for Czech daily newspapers, cultural magazines, and for the Czech Radio (Vltava).