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| birth_date = 1979
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'''Gabriela Babnik''' (born 1979) is a [[Slovene language|Slovene]] writer, [[Literary criticism|literary critic]] and translator. She has published three novels and her journalistic literary and film criticism regularly appears in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1370/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=Slovenian |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=[[Slovene Writers' Association|DSP Slovene Writers' Association]] |access-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224110331/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1370/detail.html |archive-date=24 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>
'''Gabriela Babnik''' (born 1979) is a [[Slovene language|Slovene]] writer, [[Literary criticism|literary critic]] and translator. She has published three novels and her journalistic literary and film criticism regularly appears in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1370/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=Slovenian |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=[[Slovene Writers' Association|DSP Slovene Writers' Association]] |access-date=8 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224110331/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1370/detail.html |archive-date=24 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>


Babnik was born in [[Göppingen]] in Germany in 1979. She studied [[comparative literature]] at the [[University of Ljubljana]] and then travelled to Africa, particularly [[Burkina Faso]], which has become the inspiration for much of her work. She holds an MA on the Contemporary Nigerian Novel and has also translated [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]'s novel ''Half of a Yellow Sun'' into Slovene (Slovene title: ''Polovica rumenega sonca'').<ref>[http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/788/gabriela-babnik/ [[Banipal]] literary magazine site].</ref>
Babnik was born in [[Göppingen]] in West Germany in 1979. She studied [[comparative literature]] at the [[University of Ljubljana]] and then travelled to Africa, particularly [[Burkina Faso]], which has become the inspiration for much of her work. She holds an MA on the Contemporary Nigerian Novel and has also translated [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]'s novel ''Half of a Yellow Sun'' into Slovene (Slovene title: ''Polovica rumenega sonca'').<ref>[http://www.banipal.co.uk/contributors/788/gabriela-babnik/ Gabriela Babnik], [[Banipal]] literary magazine.</ref>


Her first novel ''Koža iz bombaža'' won the Best First Book Award at the Slovenian Book Fair in 2007.<ref>[http://www.sanje.si/avtorji.php?avtorId=233 Sanje Publishing House site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022518/http://www.sanje.si/avtorji.php?avtorId=233 |date=4 March 2016 }}.</ref> Her third novel ''Sušna doba'' won the 2013 [[European Union Prize for Literature]] (Slovenia).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neurope.eu/article/announcing-winners-2013-european-union-prize-literature |title=Announcing the winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature |work=[[New Europe (newspaper)|New Europe]] |author=Elana Ralli |date=26 September 2013 |accessdate=27 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328133900/http://neurope.eu/article/announcing-winners-2013-european-union-prize-literature/ |archive-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eureporter.co/magazine/2013/09/26/winners-of-2013-european-union-prize-for-literature-announced-at-goteborg-book-fair/ |title=Winners of 2013 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Göteborg Book Fair |work=EU Reporter Magazine |author=[[Staff writer]] |date=26 September 2013 |accessdate=27 September 2013}}</ref>
Her first novel ''Koža iz bombaža'' won the Best First Book Award at the Slovenian Book Fair in 2007.<ref>[http://www.sanje.si/avtorji.php?avtorId=233 Sanje Publishing House site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022518/http://www.sanje.si/avtorji.php?avtorId=233 |date=4 March 2016 }}.</ref> Her third novel ''Sušna doba'' won the 2013 [[European Union Prize for Literature]] (Slovenia).{{cn|date=September 2021}}


==Published works==
==Published works==


* ''Koža iz bombaža'', 2007<ref>[http://www.mladina.si/101069/gabriela-babnik-koza-iz-bombaza/ [[Mladina]], 15 November 2007].</ref>
* ''Koža iz bombaža'', 2007<ref>[http://www.mladina.si/101069/gabriela-babnik-koza-iz-bombaza/ Gabriela Babnik: Koža iz bombaža], [[Mladina]], 15 November 2007.</ref>
* ''V visoki travi'', 2009<ref>[http://knjiga.dnevnik.si/sl/Refleksija/Recenzija/130/Recenzija+romana+V+visoki+travi+Gabriele+Babnik%3A+Poezija+anonimnosti [[Dnevnik (Slovenia)|Dnevnik]], 3 November 2009]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
* ''V visoki travi'', 2009<ref>[https://archive.today/20120714092704/http://knjiga.dnevnik.si/sl/Refleksija/Recenzija/130/Recenzija+romana+V+visoki+travi+Gabriele+Babnik:+Poezija+anonimnosti Gabriela Babnik], [[Dnevnik (Slovenia)|Dnevnik]], 3 November 2009{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
* ''Sušna doba'', 2011<ref>[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]], [http://www.delo.si/kultura/knjizevni-listi/recenzijski-izvod-susna-doba.html 7 February 2012].</ref>
* ''Sušna doba'', 2011<ref>[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]], [http://www.delo.si/kultura/knjizevni-listi/recenzijski-izvod-susna-doba.html 7 February 2012].</ref>


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[[Category:People from Göppingen]]


Revision as of 11:34, 27 January 2024

Gabriela Babnik Ouattara
Gabriela Babink, 2023
Gabriela Babink, 2023
Born1979
Göppingen, West Germany
OccupationWriter, literary critic and translator
Notable worksKoža iz bombaža, Sušna doba

Gabriela Babnik (born 1979) is a Slovene writer, literary critic and translator. She has published three novels and her journalistic literary and film criticism regularly appears in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia.[1]

Babnik was born in Göppingen in West Germany in 1979. She studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and then travelled to Africa, particularly Burkina Faso, which has become the inspiration for much of her work. She holds an MA on the Contemporary Nigerian Novel and has also translated Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel Half of a Yellow Sun into Slovene (Slovene title: Polovica rumenega sonca).[2]

Her first novel Koža iz bombaža won the Best First Book Award at the Slovenian Book Fair in 2007.[3] Her third novel Sušna doba won the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature (Slovenia).[citation needed]

Published works

  • Koža iz bombaža, 2007[4]
  • V visoki travi, 2009[5]
  • Sušna doba, 2011[6]

Translated into English

"Dry Season": London, Istros Books, 2015.

Translated into Italian

"La stagione secca" (transl. by M. Obit): Milano-Udine, Mimesis edizioni, 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. ^ Gabriela Babnik, Banipal literary magazine.
  3. ^ Sanje Publishing House site Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ Gabriela Babnik: Koža iz bombaža, Mladina, 15 November 2007.
  5. ^ Gabriela Babnik, Dnevnik, 3 November 2009[permanent dead link].
  6. ^ Delo, 7 February 2012.


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