Dr František Šístek holds a doctoral degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Charles University, Prague (2007), where he worked on the topic of Our Brothers in the South: The Image of Montenegro and the Montenegrins in Czech Society, 1830-2006. He received his MA degree from the Faculty of History, Central European University, Budapest (2001), and complemented his studies with an interest in literature and poetry. He is the bearer of the Šrámkova Sobotka Award for Young Poetry Writers (1st prize) and Šrámkova Sobotka Award for Young Short Story Writers (1st prize) for 1998 and 1999, respectively. His book Černá Hora – stručná historie států/Montenegro – A Short History (Prague: Libri, 2007) was granted the Miroslav Ivanov Award for Non-Fiction at the Prague Book Fair and Writer´s Festival (April 2008).
Dr František Šístek je doktorirao socijalnu i kulturnu antropologiju na Karlovom univerzitetu u Pragu (2007), gdje je radio na temi Naša braća na jugu: češke predstave o Crnoj Gori i Crnogorcima, 1830-2006. Magistrirao je na Istorijskom fakultetu Srednjoevropskog univerziteta u Budimpešti (2001), a studije je upotpunio interesovanjem za književnost i poeziju. Dobitnik je nagrade Šramkova Sobotka za mlade pisce poezije (1. nagrada) 1998. i nagrade Šramkova Sobotka za mlade pisce kratke priče (1. nagrada) 1999. godine. Knjiga Černá Hora – stručná historie států/Crna Gora – kratka istorija (Prag: Libri, 2007) je dobila nagradu Miroslav Ivanov za nefikcionalni žanr na Sajmu knjiga u Pragu i Festivalu pisaca (april 2008).
