Gabriela Babnik

Gabriela Babnik
Born 1979
Göppingen, Germany
Occupation Writer, literary critic and translator
Notable works Koža 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 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).[4][5]

Published works

References

  1. ↑ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  2. ↑ Banipal literary magazine site
  3. ↑ Sanje Publishing House site
  4. ↑ Elana Ralli (26 September 2013). "Announcing the winners of the 2013 European Union Prize for Literature". New Europe. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Staff writer (26 September 2013). "Winners of 2013 European Union Prize for Literature announced at Göteborg Book Fair". EU Reporter Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Mladina 15 November 2007
  7. ↑ Dnevnik 3 November 2009
  8. ↑ Delo 7 February 2012


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