Launching SlovakLiterature.com
A curated site for Slovak literature in English.
Archive of Past News
Slovak Literature
Since 1989
Registration is now open for the one-day conference at UCL SSEES, London, on November 5th, 2019.
Andreea Scridon's review of Big Love and The Night Circus and Other Stories in
Interview with Ivana Dobrakovová
Featured as Author of the Week on BookBlast Diary
Slovak Literature
makes a splash on the
Two translations and five Riveting Reviews
Three Slovak authors
featured in
Uršuľa Kovalyk, Dušan Mitana, and Richard Pupala
in the Central European Short Story Issue
Asymptote: A report
from Slovakia
An overview of what's new in Slovak literature.
Raising the Velvet Curtain
in words, sounds and pictures
Looking back at the season of Slovak literature and arts in the UK in October and November 2019.
in memoriam
On February 10th, 2020, Pavel Vilikovský,
one of Slovakia’s most prominent writers,
passed away at the age of 78.
Bellevue nominated for prize
Ivana Dobrakovová’s book has been longlisted for the EBRD Literature Prize 2020.
Eternal Traffic book release
Congratulations to Mila Haugová and her translator,
James Sutherland-Smith, on their latest collection
of poetry in English, released by Arc Publications.
New podcast
Julia Sherwood now hosting a biweekly podcast of conversations about Slovak literature
Asymptote: Literary News
from Slovakia
Book of the Year, Slovakia's take on European Literature Night, and more
Balla “On the Pandemic”
in Asymptote
In This Together: Writers From Around the World Respond to the COVID-19 Outbreak
LIC now in English
The Centre for Information on Literature has a new website in English called Books from Slovakia
Congratulations to Mila Haugová
Slovak poet Mila Haugová is this year’s winner of the Vilenica Prize for Central European Literature.
Pavel Vilikovský featured
in Asymptote
"A Sentimental Education in March" by Pavel Vilikovský, translated and with an introduction by Charles Sabatos.
LitCast with Jonathan Gresty
In Lit_cast Slovakia #6, translator Jonathan Gresty talks about going native in Slovakia, and much more.
Corine Tachtiris reviews Bellevue
Read the latest review of Ivana Dobrakovová’s award-winning novel in World Literature Today.
Tomáš Forró’s Donbas
in Asymptote
Read an excerpt from Forro’s account of the Ukrainian conflict, translated by Magdalena Mullek.
“Slovak writers struggle to find path to Anglophone readers”
An article in The Slovak Spectator.
LitCast with Katarína Gephardt
In Lit_cast Slovakia #7, literature scholar Katarína Gephardt discusses her plans for a Companion to Contemporary Slovak Literature.s
Contemporary Slovak poetry featured in
Translations of 5 Slovak poets, and an interview with writer and translator Lucia Duero.
LitCast with Michael Stein
In Lit_cast Slovakia #8, writer and journalist
Michael Stein talks about the Central European
literary sensibility.
LitCast with Nataša Ďurovičová
In Lit_cast Slovakia #9, Nataša Ďurovičová talks about exile as the point of no return.
Sarah Hinlicky Wilson
reviews Big Love
“Slovakia is clinically depressed.”
Find out why in this review of Balla's Big Love.
LitCast
with James Sutherland-Smith
In Lit_cast Slovakia #10, James Sutherland-Smith talks about why translating prose is more difficult than translating poetry.
Mimi & Líza: A Slovak kid lit sensation
Julia Sherwood talks about a children’s book that teaches children to understand disability and accept otherness.
Announcing:
In 2021/2022 Seagull Books will kick off its Slovak List
with books by Monika Kompaníková, Jana Bodnárová, Irena Brežná, and Zuzana Cigánová.
LitCast with Mária Ferenčuhová
In Lit_cast Slovakia #11, Slovak poet and translator Mária Ferenčuhová talks about cooperative translation
of poetry.
European Literary London:
An Interactive Map
featuring excerpts from works by Gejza Vámoš, Pavel Vilikovský, and Zuska Kepplová.
LitCast with Sarah Hinlicky Wilson
In Lit_cast Slovakia #12, Sarah Hinlicky Wilson talks about the forgotten gems of Slovak literature.
LitCast with Marie-Theres Cermann
In Lit_cast Slovakia #13, Marie-Theres Cermann talks about why she believes the plight of refugees remains relevant even during the pandemic.
European Poets Night:
November 9, 2020
Listen to Slovak poet Mária Ferenčuhová read her poetry in this virtual event.
Asymptote:
Literary News from Slovakia
BraK festival, Novotvar festival, and other events.
LitCast with Ľudmila Pánisová
In Lit_cast Slovakia #14, Ľudmila Pánisová talks about the need to treat the source text with respect.
“Epic Sweep Without Epic Length”
Photo by David Konečný. Used with permission.
Michael Stein reviews Pavol Rankov's soon-to-be-published novel, It Happened on the First of September (or Some Other Time), translated by Magdalena Mullek, in Versopolis Review.
How the Slovak List Came to Be
Julia Sherwood talks with LIC about the four books selected for Seagull Books’ Slovak List.
LitCast with John Minahane
Photo from Pravda by Robert Hüttner. Used with permission.
In Lit_cast Slovakia #15, translator John Minahane reads from his translations of Slovak writers.
LitCast with Lucia Duero
In Lit_cast Slovakia #16, writer and translator Lucia Duero talks about navigating the cultural differences between Slovakia and Mexico.
LitCast with Mária Modrovich
In Lit_cast Slovakia #17, writer and editor Mária Modrovich talks about navigating Slovak literature through the website Books from Slovakia.
New in English
Pavol Rankov’s It Happened on the First of September (or Some Other Time), translated by Magdalena Mullek, now available from Slavica Publishers.