Slovak Literature in English Translation

Slovak Books in English

Among the Ruins
by Balla

translated by
David Short

And That’s the Truth
by Milan Rúfus

translated by
Ewald Osers, Viera and James Sutherland-Smith

Autumnal Furniture
by Juraj Briškár

translated by
James Sutherland-Smith

Away! Away!
by Jana Beňová

translated by
Janet Livingstone

Bellevue
by Ivana Dobrakovová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Big Love
by Balla

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

The Bloody Sonnets
by Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

translated by
John Minahane

Boat Number Five
by Monika Kompaníková

translated by
Janet Livingstone

The Bonnet
by Katarína Kucbelová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Bratislava
The Magic Metropolis
by Michal Hvorecký

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

But Crime Does Punish
by Ján Johanides

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

A Butterfly’s Trembling
in the Digital Age
by Eleni Cay

translated by
John Minahane

The Camp of Fallen Women
by Anton Baláž

translated by
Jonathan Gresty

Cranberry in Ice:
Selected Poems
by Ivan Laučík

translated by
Viera and James
Sutherland-Smith

Danube
The Magic River
by Michal Hvorecký

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Dead
by Balla

translated by
David Short

The Equestrienne
by Uršuľa Kovalyk

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

The Escape
by Marek Vadas

translated by
Magdalena Mullek

Eternal Traffic
by Mila Haugová

translated by
James Sutherland-Smith

Ever Green Is…
Selected Prose
by Pavel Vilikovský

translated by
Charles Sabatos

Fleeting Snow
by Pavel Vilikovský

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Forms of Grace
by Peter Milčák

translated by
John Minahane
and Peter Milčák

The Four Elves
and the Fairy
by Ján Uličiansky

translated by
Charles Sabatos

Fragment of a (Knight’s) Forest
by Ivan Štrpka

translated by
John Minahane

The Ground Beneath
Our Feet:
Selected Poems
by Miroslav Válek

translated by
Ewald Osers

The Healer
by Marek Vadas

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

The Hot Summer of 1968
by Viliam Klimáček

translated by
Peter Petro

The Hours and the Minutes
by Alfonz Bednár

translated by
David Short

The House of the Deaf Man
by Peter Krištúfek

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

I was Not Born for Quiet
by Janko Kráľ

translated by
John Minahane

Ilona.
My Life with the Bard
by Jana Juráňová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

In the Name of the Father
by Balla

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

It Happened on the
First of September
(or Some Other Time)
by Pavol Rankov

translated by
Magdalena Mullek

The Last Thing
by Leopold Lahola

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

A Long Night’s Stories
by Rudolf Dobiáš

translated by
Heather Trebatická
and John Minahane

Making Skeletons Dance
by Peter Macsovszky

translated by
John Minahane

Melancholy Hunter:
Selected Poems
by Ján Buzássy

translated by
Viera and James
Sutherland-Smith

The Minotaur’s Daughter
by Eva Luka

translated by
James Sutherland-Smith

The Moon in Foil
by Zuska Kepplová

translated by
Magdalena Mullek

Mothers and Truckers
by Ivana Dobrakovová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

The Mulberry Tree
by Iboja Wandall-Holm

translated by
David Short

My Seven Lives:
Jana Juráňová in Conversation
with Agneša Kalinová
by Jana Juráňová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Necklace/Choker
by Jana Bodnárová

translated by
Jonathan Gresty

The Night Circus
and Other Stories
by Uršuľa Kovalyk

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

On the Other Hand
by Pavol Rankov

translated by
Magdalena Mullek

On the Road to Freedom
and
From Captivity
by Janko Jesenský

translated by
Charles S. Kraszewski

On the Threshold
by Dušan Mitana

translated by
Magdalena Mullek

The Other Monk
by Ján Gavura

translated by
James Sutherland-Smith

Preparation Line 57
by Peter Milčák

translated by
Jonathan Gresty
and Peter Milčák

René, or: A Young
Man’s Adventures
and Experiences
by Jozef Ignác Bajza

translated by
David Short

Rivers of Babylon
by Peter Pišťanek

translated by
Peter Petro

The Wooden Village
(Rivers of Babylon 2)
by Peter Pišťanek

translated by
Peter Petro

The End of Freddy
(Rivers of Babylon 3)
by Peter Pišťanek

translated by
Peter Petro

Samko Tále’s
Cemetery Book
by Daniela Kapitáňová

translated by
Julia Sherwood

Scent of the Unseen
by Mila Haugová

translated by
James and Viera Sutherland-Smith

The Science of the Stars
by Gustáv Reuss

translated by
David Short

Seeing People Off
by Jana Beňová

translated by
Janet Livingstone

Seven Days to the Funeral
by Ján Rozner

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Sláva’s Daughter
by Ján Kollár

translated by
Charles S. Kraszewski

Slavdom
by Ľudovít Štúr

translated by
Charles S. Kraszewski

Slovak Epics
by Ján Hollý

translated by
Charles S. Kraszewski

Slovak Tales
for Young and Old
by Pavol Dobšinský

translated by
Lucy Bednar

A Song of Blood
by Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav

translated by
Jaroslav Vajda

The Thankless Foreigner
by Irena Brežná

translated by
Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp

That Alluring Land
by Božena Slančíková Timrava

translated by
Norma L. Rudinsky

This Room Is
Impossible to Eat
by Nicol Hochholczerová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

Three Chestnut Horses
by Margita Figuli

translated by
John Minahane

Tidal Events
by Mária Ferenčuhová

translated by
James Sutherland-Smith

To Bear the Burden
and Sing
by Milan Rúfus

translated by
John Minahane

The Topography of Pain
by Ivan Lesay

translated by
Jonathan Gresty

Traditional Slovak Folktales
by Pavol Dobšinský

translated by
David L. Cooper

The Tree Which
Came From Afar
by Jana Bodnárová

translated by
Jonathan Gresty

Unicorns
by Barbora Hrínová

translated by
Isabel Stainsby

Vanity Unfair
by Zuzana Cigánová

translated by
Magdalena Mullek

What Now Is
Now
Is Now
by Nóra Ružičková

translated by
Ivana Hostová

whitewards
by Katarína Kucbelová

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

A Year of Good News
by Martin Smatana

translated by
Julia and Peter Sherwood

The Year of the Frog
by Martin M. Šimečka

translated by
Peter Petro

Anthologies

The Book of Bratislava:
A City in Short Fiction

edited by
Radoslav Passia
and
Julia Sherwood

The Dedalus Book of Slovak Literature

edited by
Peter Karpinský
translated by
Denis Dobrovoda,
Janet Livingstone,
Magdalena Mullek

Into the Spotlight:
New Writing from Slovakia

edited and translated by
Magdalena Mullek
and
Julia Sherwood

Not Waiting For Miracles –
Seventeen Contemporary
Slovak Poets

edited by
Braňo Hochel and
James Sutherland-Smith
translated by
Štefánia Allen,
Viera and James Sutherland-Smith

One Hundred Years
of Slovak Literature:
An Antology

edited by
Stanislava Chrobáková
translated by
Marián Andričík,
Vladimír Gális,
Marína Gálisová,
Pavol Lukáč,
Martin Solotruk,
Viera and James Sutherland-Smith,
Ľuben Urbánek

The Review
of Contemporary Fiction
Vol. XXX, #2
Slovak Fiction

edited and translated by
Clarice Cloutier

Six Slovak Poets

edited by
Igor Hochel
translated by
John Minahane

Zero Hours on the Boulevard: Tales of Independence and Belonging

edited by
Alexandra Büchler
and
Alison Evans
featuring a translation by
Julia and Peter Sherwood