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Ivana Dobrakovová

Ivana Dobrakovová (born 1982) is a Slovak writer and translator. She was born in Bratislava and studied English and French translation and interpretation at Comenius University. Her first short story collection titled ''Prvá smrť v rodine'' appeared in 2009, followed by her debut novel ''Bellevue'' (2010). Her second collection of short stories titled ''Toxo'' appeared in 2013, followed by her fourth book ''Matky a kamionisti'' (2018). All four books were shortlisted for the Anasoft Litera Prize, and ''Matky a kamionisti'' also won the EU Prize for Literature.

Dobrakovová lives in Turin where she is working on translating the Neapolitan novels of Elena Ferrante. Provided by Wikipedia