Suzana Tratnik
Suzana Tratnik (born in Murska Sobota in 1963 ) is a Slovenian writer, translator, activist and sociologist . Her books and short stories have been translated into numerous languages, while Tratnik has in turn translated numerous works from English into Slovenian , including works by Judith Butler , Adrienne Rich and Truman Capote .
Career
Tratnik completed a sociology degree at the University of Ljubljana and a subsequent master’s degree in gender anthropology at the Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis, also in Ljubljana, where she has lived and worked since then. Since 1987 she has been involved in the lesbian and gay movement in Yugoslavia and later Slovenia, which is also reflected in the themes of her works.
In 2007 she received the Prešeren Prize for Literature, in 2017 the Novo Mesto Short Stories Prize and in 2018 the Desetnica Prize for children's and youth literature for her work Tombola ali življenje! .
Works
- Bottom line: Stories from Slovenia , Milena-Verlag , Vienna 2002, ISBN 978-3-852860-97-8 .
- My name is Damian , Milena-Verlag , Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3-85286-128-9 .
- Color TV and Die: Stories. , Zaglossus Verlag , Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-950292-23-7 .
- Tombola ali življenje! , Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana 2017, ISBN 978-9-610145-40-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on Suzanna Tratnik's website, accessed June 14, 2020
- ↑ Profile on lit-across-frontiers.org, accessed on June 15, 2020
- ↑ Children's and youth literature , page on the Slovenian Authors' Association, accessed June 15, 2020
Web links
- Official website of Suzana Tratnik
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tratnik, Suzana |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Murska Sobota , Yugoslavia |