Katarína Kucbelová

One of the most acclaimed contemporary Slovak poets, Katarína Kucbelová has published several collections that have been translated into numerous languages. In 2006 she founded Slovakia’s most prestigious literary award, the Anasoft Litera and was its director until 2012. She lives in Bratislava. The Bonnet was voted Book of the Year by the daily Pravda in 2019, and in 2020 was shortlisted for the Anasoft Litera and also received the Panta Rhei Literary Academy Award. In 2023 she received the Golden Wave Prize and the Václav Burian Award for her poetry collection Into the White (2022).