Ivana Dobrakovová (born 1982) is a Slovak writer and translator. She was born in

Bratislava Bratislava (, also ; ; german: Preßburg/Pressburg ; hu, Pozsony) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Slovakia. Officially, the population of the city is about 475,000; however, it is estimated to be more than 660,000 — approxim ...

and studied English and French translation and interpretation at

Comenius University Comenius University in Bratislava ( sk, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave) is the largest university in Slovakia, with most of its faculties located in Bratislava. It was founded in 1919, shortly after the creation of Czechoslovakia. It is name ...

. 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 The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature among ...

. Dobrakovová lives in

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where she is working on translating the

Neapolitan novels The Neapolitan Novels, also known as the Neapolitan Quartet, are a four-part series of fiction by the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante, published originally by Edizioni e/o, translated into English by Ann Goldstein, and published by Eu ...

Elena Ferrante Elena Ferrante () is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of ''Neapolitan Novels'' are her most widely known works. ''Time'' magazine ...

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