Jana Beňová
2009 Finalist
(1974)
Graduated in theatre dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts (VŠMU) in Bratislava. She has written three poetry books: Svetloplachý / Lucifugous (1993, Hevi), Lonochod / Lonochod (a Slovak word game combining the words moon rover and womb) and Nehota (combination of Slovak words tenderness and nudity) (1997). She has also written the prose Parker (The love novel) in the Odpad edition of the Park publishing house in 2000 and a collecton of short stories Dvanásť poviedok a Ján Med / Twelve Short Stories and Ján Med (2003, L. C. A.). During the period of 2002 – 2008, she worked in the daily newspaper SME, where she was writing under the pen name Jana Parkrová. Since February 2009, she works as an editor in the editorial department of the Theatre Foundation. In 2008, she published the competitive prose Plán odprevádzania (Café Hyena) / The Plan of Escorting (Café Hyena).
Plán odprevádzania / The
Plan of Escorting
KK Bagala
(2008)
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