Luka Bekavac (born September 25, 1976) is a Croatian writer, university professor and translator. He was born in the city of

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. His novels ''Drenje'' (2011) and ''Viljevo'' (2013) have received critical acclaim. ''Viljevo'' won the Janko Polić Kamov Award in 2014, and the

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in 2015. As a translator, Bekavac has translated works by

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, Naomi Klein and Aleksandar Hemon among others. Bekavac teaches literature at

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, and contributes regularly to media outlets and scholarly publications. Bekavac is member of the electro acoustic music project Jeanne Frémaux with Toma Bačić.

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Croatian writers 1976 births Living people Academic staff of the University of Zagreb {{Croatia-writer-stub