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Juraj Šebesta
Juraj Šebesta specializes in artistic prose and translations of dramatic works from the English language. He first won the Jury Prize of the 1996 Short Story competition for his prose Waiting for a Miracle (Čakanie na zázrak). He made his literary debut with the collection of short stories Sobriety (Juga 2005). Several of his short stories were published in magazines and anthologies abroad. His novel for teenagers and adults,
When the Dog Laughs (Keď sa pes smeje, 2008, 2009, 2013, Juga, Edition Ryba), received great reader response and won several awards, including participation in the finals of the prestigious Slovak literary prize Anasoft Litera. The book was published in Czech in 2011 by the publishing house CooBoo. A loose continuation of this novel is the comic diary of a teenage girl, Venussha, a Difficult Week (Venussha, ťažký týždeň), which was also published in Czech translation in 2013 by the CooBoo edition of Albatros Media publishing house.
Juraj Šebesta is the director of the city library in Bratislava and remains actively involved in literature.
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