Michal Hvorecký

Michal Hvorecký(born 1976) is a Slovak author.

He is the author of two collections of short stories: Strong sense of Cleanliness (1998) and Hunters & Gatherers (2001). His novel The Final Hit appeared in 2003, Plush in 2005 (published in 2006 in German translation as City: Der unwahrscheinlichste aller Orte) and Eskorta in 2007 (will be published in 2009 in German translation).

His books have been translated into German, Polish, Czech and Italian. Translations of his fiction and journalism have appeared in print in Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. The novel Plush was dramatised and performed in the Prague theatre Na zabradli and in Schauspiel Hannover in Germany. In addition, Hvorecky writes regul

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Stephen King

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Bohumil Hrabal

Born in Brno-Židenice, Moravia, he lived briefly in Polná, but was raised in the Nymburk brewery as the manager's stepson.

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Olga Tokarczuk

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J.D. Salinger

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Works, most notably novel The Catcher in the Rye (1951), of American writer Jerome David Salinger often concern troubled, sensitive adolescents.

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Peter Pišťanek

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Pavol Rankov

Pavol Rankov is a writer of prose fiction, essayist, journalist, information scientist and university pedagogue, after completing his secondary schooling in Bratislava studied library science at the Philosophical Faculty of Bratislava's Comenius University (1983-1987). He worked as a methodologist in the Slovak National Library in Martin (1987-1990) and in the Slovak Pedagogic Library in Bratislava (1991-1992). From 1993 he has worked at the Department of Library Science and Scientific Information at Comenius University in Bratislava. He participates in projects with Slovak Radio. He lives in Bratislava.
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Peter Bárdy

Peter Bárdy (* 1. apríl 1977, Žilina) je slovenský novinár, komentátor a šéfredaktor spravodajského webu Aktuality.

V 90. rokoch sa venoval spravodajstvu z regiónov, predovšetkým zo Žiliny a Žilinského kraja. Postupne začal publikovať články týkajúce sa kriminality a organizovaného zločinu. Neskôr začal komentovať spoločenské a politické dianie.

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Daniela Kapitáňová

Pseudonym Samko Tále (Cemetery Book - Kniha o cintoríne).

Daniela Kapitáňová sa narodila 30. júla 1956 v Komárne. Vyštudovala divadelnú réžiu na DAMU v Prahe. V súčasnosti pracuje v Slovenskom rozhlase ako literárna redaktorka a prednáša kreatívne písanie na univerzite Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre. Pravidelne uverejňuje fejtóny v denníkoch SME a Pravda; venuje sa aj teórii detektívneho žánru. Žije a tvorí v Bratislave.

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Jozef Karika

Slovenský experimentálny spisovateľ a publicista.
Vyštudoval históriu a filozofiu na Univerzite Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici. Na širšiu scénu vstúpil v roku 2001 ako kmeňový autor internetových stránok G.O.M.. Pracuje ako historik-kurátor a televízny redaktor. Získal Cenu literárneho fondu za publicistiku. Jeho reportáž Kontroverzná tabuľa získala prvé miesto v kategórii publicistika a Cenu diváka na celoslovenskej prehliadke tvorby lokálnych televízií Workshop 2008. Vyhrala aj prvé miesto v kategórii publicistika na česko - slovenskej filmovej prehliadke KAFKA 2008. V máji 2007 Karika prednášal o mágii v postmodernizme na Prírodovedeckej fakulte Karlovej Univerzity v Prahe. V jeseni 2007 na objednávku Žilinského samosprávneho kraja vytvor
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Narine Abgaryan

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Narine Yuryevna Abgaryan (Наринэ Абгарян) is a Russian writer of Armenian origin, a blogger. Graduated from Yerevan State Linguistic University V. Ya. Bryusova, since 1993 lives in Moscow. She became known after the publication of the autobiographical book "Manyunya" (2010). With this book, she became a laureate of the Russian National Literary Prize "Manuscript of the Year" in the nomination "Language". Entered the long list of nominees for the 2011 Big Book Award.
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Balla

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Radek Rak

Polski pisarz fantastyki oraz lekarz weterynarii. Zdobywca Nagrody Literackiej „Nike” w roku 2020.
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Genki Kawamura

Associated Names:
* Genki Kawamura (English)
* 川村元気 (Japanese)
* คาวามูระ เก็งกิ (Thai)

Genki Kawamura (川村元気) is a Japanese film producer, writer, screenwriter.

中文 >> 川村元氣.

Genki Kawamura is an internationally bestselling author. If Cats Disappeared from the World was his first novel and has sold over two million copies in Japan and has been translated into over fourteen different languages. His other novels are Million Dollar Man and April Come She Will. He has also written children's picture books including Tinny & The Balloon, MOOM, and Patissier Monster. Kawamura occasionally produces, directs, and writes movies, and is a showrunner. He was a producer of the blockbuster anime film Your Name, which is currently being developed into an live-act
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Michal Tallo

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Lukáš Cabala

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Lukáš Cabala (1986) sa narodil v Trenčíne. V roku 2011 spolu s rodičmi založil internetový antikvariát Čierne na bielom a dodnes ho vedie.

Je čitateľom súčasnej a modernej svetovej prózy. Žije na severnej periférii mesta a vo voľnom čase sa venuje písaniu. V tvorbe ho priťahuje magický realizmus, vlnenie skutočnosti, ale i postupy realistického rozprávačského románu. Intímna novela Satori v Trenčíne je jeho prozaický debut. Knižka bola nominovaná na Anasoft litera, získala Cenu čitateľov Knižnej revue v kategórii Debut roka a Cenu knižných blogerov v Panta rhei awards.

V roku 2021 vyšla druhá kniha s názvom Jar v Jekaterinburgu a v roku 2023 novela Spomenieš si na Trenčín? S touto knihou bol nominov
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