Eva Borušovičová (5 January 1970 – 2 June 2025) was a Slovak writer, film director and screenwriter. She was also known as a writer under her own name as well as under the pseudonym Maxim E. Matkin.

Early life and career

Eva Borušovičová was born in

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on 5 January 1970. Her younger sister, Soňa Borušovičová-Karvayová, is a screenwriter. Borušovičová studied dramaturgy and directing at the

Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (, abbr. VŠMU) is a university founded on June 9, 1949. The university consists of three faculties: *''Theatre Faculty'' (Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, Stage and Costume Design, Puppetry, Theatre Th ...

, graduating in 1988. Already as a student, she worked as a dramaturge for the public broadcaster

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, notably being involved with the popular children's show ''Od Kuka do Kuka.'' Borušovičová directed three movies: ''Blue Heaven'' (1997), ''Amálka, ja sa zbláznim!'' (1999) and ''Love me if you Dare'' (2001). She wrote the script for the 2009 movie '' Janosik: A True Story'', directed by

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and

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. She also wrote screenplays for theatre plays. Borušovičová was one of the earliest Internet personalities in Slovakia. She became known for publishing short stories discussing the life experience of millennials on the ''inZine'' website in the early 2000s. The stories were published under her own name and under the name Maxim E. Matkin, widely considered a pseudonym of Borušovičová.

Personal life and death

Borušovičová resided in

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, together with her husband, the physician, Norbert Moravanský, and their three children. She died of

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on 2 June 2025, at the age of 55.

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