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• Georg Aescht

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Georg Aescht was born in 1953 in Zeiden, Romania, studied German and English languages and literatures at the University of Cluj-Napoca and was a teacher at the local German secondary...

• Safet Ahmeti

  Non-Fiction Croatian Macedonian Croatia North Macedonia

  Safet Ahmeti was born in 1967 in Makarska (Croatia). In his PhD, he was dealing with contemporary art and anthropology. Between 2003 and 2008, he was teaching visual culture and...

• Robert Alagjozovski

  Fiction Non-Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Robert Alagjozovski, born in 1973, studied General and Comparative Literature in Skopje. He has worked as an editor at various Macedonian publishing companies and magazines. Since 2010 he has run...

• Boryana Aleksandrova

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Boryana Aleksandrova, geboren 1976 in Bulgarien, studierte Internationale Beziehungen an der Sofioter Universität „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“ und spezialisierte sich in Deutscher Landeskunde am Institut für Deutsche Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften „Germanicum“...

• Marie-Luise Alpermann

  Fiction German Germany

  Marie-Luise Alpermann is the translator of Lejla Kalamujić’s short-story collection Nennt mich Esteban (eta Verlag 2020), translated from the Bosnian into German.

• Andrei Anastasescu

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Andrei Anastasescu was born in 1981 in Râmnicu-Vâlcea (Romania). He studied German language and literature studies, Dutch studies and literary translation in Bucharest and worked as a reader. He now...

• Maja Anastasijević

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Maja Anastasijević, born in 1965 in Belgrad, studied German language and literature at the philological faculty in her home town. From September 1986 to June 1987 she studied at the...

• Bisera Anastasova

  Fiction German Macedonian North Macedonia

  Bisera Anastasova was born in 1982 in Skopje. She studied German and English at the Department of Translation and Interpreting of the local university and, in the academic year 2004/2005,...

• Ben Andoni

  Fiction Non-Fiction Albanian Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Albania

  Ben Andoni, born in 1966 in Tirana, studied Geography and worked firstly at the  Hydrometeorological Institute. Since 1996 his main profession has been as a journalist. He wrote for the...

• Biljana Andonovska

  Poetry Serbian Serbia

  Biljana Andonovska, born in Belgrade in 1981, works at the Institute for Literature and Art in Belgrade. In her work she researches literary history, French and Serbian surrealism and the...

• Nikolina Andova Šopova

  Fiction Poetry Macedonian North Macedonia

  Nikolina Andova Šopova, born in 1978 in Skopje, studied Macedonian and South Slavic Literature at the University of Skopje. Amongst her publications are the collections of poetry Влезот е од другата...

• Alexander Andreev

  Fiction Bulgarian Bulgaria Germany

  Alexander Andreev, born in 1956 in Sofia, is writer, journalist, translator, and the head of the Bulgarian editorial team at the international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (TV and online) in Bonn. He has...

• Maria-Magdalena Anghelescu

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Maria-Magdalena Anghelescu, born in 1952 in Baia Mare, studied Romanian and Latin Language and Literature in Bucharest. She works as a librarian at the G. Oprescu Institute of Art History...

• Dejan Aničić

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Dejan Aničić, born in 1969 in Tübingen, studied Classical and Ancient Studies and Theology at the University of Belgrade. He then studied at the Department for Byzantine Studies at the...

• Irinel Antoniu

  Fiction French Romanian Romania

  Irinel Antoniu was born in 1981 in Botoşani, Romania. He studied Romanian and French languages and literatures at the University of Iaşi. He graduated in 2004. He is currently an...

• Lindita Arapi

  Fiction Poetry Albanian German Albania Germany

  Lindita Arapi was born in 1972 in Lushnjë, central Albanien. She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies and is a writer of the so called Albanian literary avant-garde circle that...

• Lidija Arizankovska

  Fiction Non-Fiction Macedonian Slovene North Macedonia

  Lidija Arizankovska, born in 1966 in Skopje, studied at the Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, where she completed and defended her Master’s thesis and PhD, and where she...

• Mirjana Avramović

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Mirjana Avramović was born in 1947. She studied German language and literature at the university of Belgrade. After graduation, she worked as a translator in foreign commerce while also working...

• Vladimir Babić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Vladimir Babić, born in 1982 in Ruma, studied German Language and Literature in Belgrade. As grant holder of the Austrian Exchange Service (ÖAD) he studied German Philology and Translation Science...

• Aleksandra Bajazetov

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Aleksandra Bajazetov, born in 1969 in Jagodina, studied German Language and Literature, and Comparative Literature at the University of Belgrade and International Development at the London School of Economics and...

• Milan Banov

  Fiction Croatian Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Milan Banov was born in 1952 in Skopje. Since 2008, he has been the head of department at the National and University Library St. Clement of Ohrid in Skopje. During...

• Nebojša Barać

  Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Nebojša Barać, born in 1973 in Buenos Aires, was raised bilingually as the child of a diplomatic family in Switzerland and Austria, and now lives in Belgrade. He has  worked...

• Mariana Cristina Bărbulescu

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Mariana Cristina Bărbulescu, born in 1953 in Romania, studied English and German at the University of Iaşi, where she completed her PhD in 2000 with a dissertation on S. T....

• Dimitar Baševski

  Fiction Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Dimitar Baševski, a writer, translator, and publisher, was born in 1943 in the Macedonian town of Gjavato near Bitola. Over many years he worked as a journalist, amongst others as...

• Seida Beganović

  Fiction Poetry Bosnian Macedonian Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Seida Beganović u lind në vitin 1961 në Zenica (Bosnjë-Hercegovinë). Studioi filozofi dhe sociologji në Universitetin e Sarajevës. Pasi ndryshoi disa herë profesion dhe vendbanim, sot jeton dhe punon si...

• Tomislav Bekić

  Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Tomislav Bekić (1935-2008), a specialist in German studies and a translator, worked from 1960 until his retirement in 2002 as the Professor for German Language and Literature at the Philosophical...

• Nikollë Berishaj

  Fiction Albanian Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Montenegro

  Nikollë Berishaj, born in Tuzi (now Montenegro) in 1958 , is a translator, writer, poet, and essayist. He translates from the Slovene and Croatian/Serbian/Bosnian/Montenegrin into the Albanian and vice versa....

• Latica Bilopavlović Vuković

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Latica Bilopavlović Vuković, born in 1976 in Nova Gradiška (Croatia), studied German studies and Romance studies in Zagreb and Mainz. She has been working as a literary and television translator...

• Octavian Blenchea

  Fiction Albanian Macedonian Romanian Romania

  Octavian Blenchea, born in 1975 in Transylvania, studied Romanian and French languages and literatures in Bucharest. He concluded his studies with a final paper on the cultural renaissance of the...

• Marica Bodrožić

  Fiction German Croatia Germany

  Marica Bodrožić was born in Dalmatia, now Croatia, in 1973. She has lived in Germany since 1983 and writes poetry, novels, short stories and essays. She has received numerous awards...

• Susanne Böhm-Milosavljević

  Fiction Poetry Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Susanne Böhm-Milosavljević, born in 1964, studied Slavic and German at Ruhr University, Bochum. In her thesis she examined the phenomenon of the war in Serbian fiction between 1990 and 2001....

• Maja Bojadžievska

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian North Macedonia

  Maja Bojadžievska was born in 1963 in Skopje, Macedonia. She is Professor at the Chair for Comparative Literature at the “Sts. Cyril and Methodius University” Skopje, and is a member...

• Elda Boriçi

  Non-Fiction Albanian German Albania

  Elda Boriçi was born in 1978 in Tirana. She studied German language and literature there. She finished her studies in 2009 with a Master’s degree. Since 2010, she has been...

• Sulejman Bosto

  Non-Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Bosnia and Herzegovina Germany

  Prof. Dr. Sulejman Bosto studied philosophy at the Philsophical Faculty in Sarajevo, where a short while later he started work as Assistant Lecturer. After an interim study residence in Frankfurt...

• Valentina Boyadjieva

  Children and Young Adults Drama Non-Fiction Bulgarian French Bulgaria

  Valentina Boyadjieva was born in Sofia. She studied Turkic languages and literatures at the University of Sofia and was a journalist at the Bulgarian national broadcaster. Since many years, she...

• Vanina Bozhikova

  Fiction Bulgarian Romanian Bulgaria

  Vanina Bozhikova was born in 1975 in Pleven, Bulgaria. She received her PhD for a thesis on Romanian literature. She lectures on literary translation and contemporary Romanian language at the...

• Snježana Božin

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Snježana Božin, born in 1973 in Ulm, studied German and Croatian at the  Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb. Translations from German into Croatian: short stories by the authors Bettina Baláka and...

• Danilo Brajović

  Drama Fiction Non-Fiction Albanian Montenegrin Serbian Montenegro

  Danilo Brajović was born in Shkodra / Skadar in 1978. In 1991, he moved to Podgorica, where he completed his schooling. In Nikšić he studied Montenegrin and Serbian language and...

• Alida Bremer

  Fiction Poetry Croatian German Croatia Germany

  Alida Bremer, born in 1959 in Split, studied Comparative Literature, Romance studies, Slavic languages and German in Belgrade, Rome, Saarbrücken and Münster. After gaining her Ph.D. she worked for many...

• Božidar Brezinščak Bagola

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German Slovene Croatia

  Božidar Brezinščak Bagola, born in 1947 in Vrbišnica, Croatia, studied theology in Zagreb and philosophy in Belgrade. Since 1978 he has been living in Hum na Sutli, Croatia, where he...

• Anda Bukvić Pažin

  Fiction Croatian Croatia

  Anda Bukvić Pažin studied English and German at Zagreb University. Her PhD focussed on the topic of Women Biographies and Diaries by German Authors Around 1800 (Rahel Levin Varnhagen, Sophie...

• Kalina Bunevska Isakovska

  Children and Young Adults Croatian Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Kalina Bunevska Isakovska was born in 1970 in Skopje, Macedonia. After studying Art History and Archeology in her hometown, she worked as a programme coordinator for Visual Arts and as...

• Diana Burazer

  Poetry Croatian Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia

  Diana Burazer was born in Zagreb in 1953. She went to school in Pleternica (Slavonia) and Ljubuški (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied Mathematics in Zagreb and then lived in Mostar, Bosnia,...

• Ahmed Burić

  Fiction Bosnian Slovene Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Ahmed Burić, born in 1967 in Sarajevo, studied at the Faculty for Political Sciences, specialising in Journalism. He is a poet, translator, literary critic, editor, screenplay writer and journalist. His...

• Nadežda Čačinovič

  Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Nadežda Čačinovič, born in 1947 in Budapest, is Professor at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zagreb, Chair of Aesthetics. She attended school in Berne, Zürich, Belgrade, Murska Sobota...

• Aida Cama

  Drama Fiction Albanian German Albania

  Aida Cama was born in 1968 in Tirana. She finished her study of metallurgy in 1991 in Tirana. In 1997, she started a long-term training program for business management at...

• Oana-Nora Căpățână

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Oana-Nora Căpățână was born in 1968 in Craiova, Romania. She studied German and English languages and literatures in Bucharest and was at first German and English teacher in her hometown....

• Milka Car

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian Croatia

  Milka Car, born in 1973, studied Comparative Literature and German at Zagreb University. In 2008, she obtained her PhD with her work on documentary novels in the last third of...

• Victor Chiriţă

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Victor Chiriţă, born in 1953, attended the German Primary School in Bucharest and the German Grammar School. He studied German Language and Literature and English Language and Literature and worked...

• Ružica Cindori

  Poetry Bulgarian Croatian Slovene Croatia

  Ružica Cindori was born in 1961 in Ludbreg, Croatia. She studied comparative literature and philosophy in Zagreb, where she still lives now and works as the Secretary of the Croatian...

• Florica Ciodaru-Courriol

  Fiction French Romanian Romania

  Florica Ciodaru-Courriol was born near Craiova, since 1980 she has been living in Lyon. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature and is one of France’s most prominent Romanian translators....

• Vesna Čkovrić

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Vesna Čkovrić, born in 1975 in Osijek, studied German Language and Literature at Belgrade University. Since completing her studies she has worked as a translator and interpreter and has worked...

• Ksenija Čočkova

  Fiction Poetry German Macedonian North Macedonia

  Ksenija Čočkova was born in 1979 in Skopje, Macedonia. She studied German Language and Literature there. Ksenija Čočkova now works as a freelance literary translator and as a Cultural Manager....

• Goran Čolakhodžić

  Fiction Poetry Croatian Croatia

  Goran Čolakhodžić, born in Zagreb in 1990, studied English and Romanian. In 2015, his unpublished poetry collection Na kraju taj vrt was awarded the Croatian Prize for New Young Poets....

• Nikola Čolović

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Germany

  Nikola Čolović was born in 1969 in Belgrade. In 1981, at the age of twelve, he moved to Hamburg in north Germany. After high school, he served the community service...

• Hana Ćopić

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Germany

  Hana Ćopić was born in 1978 in Belgrade. She studied German, was the recipient of the 1999/2000 DAAD award in Heidelberg and completed her post-graduate studies (Women’s studies) at the...

• Andrei Corbea-Hoişie

  Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Andrei Corbea-Hoişie was born in 1951 in Iaşi. He is Professor of German Studies at the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Iaşi and was the Humboldt grant holder at the University...

• Jan Cornelius

  Fiction German Romanian Germany

  Jan Cornelius, born in 1950 in Reschitz (Romania), studied English language and literature, and Romance studies. He is a freelance author and writes humorous, satirical prose, poems and childrens’ books....

• Jean-Louis Courriol

  Fiction French Romanian

  Jean-Louis Courriol, born in France in 1949, is a Professor of French, Latin and Greek at Lyon University. His PhD focussed on Romanian literature and its translation into the French...

• Florence Courriol-Seita

  Fiction Romanian Romania

  Florence Courriol-Seita has translated Anna Felder’s La Disdetta into Romanian.

• Majlinda Cullhaj

  Fiction Albanian German Austria

  Born in 02/05/1977 in Tirana, Albania. Studied German at the Foreign Languages Faculty in Tirana and International Relations at the Kent University at Brussels, Belgium. At the end of the...

• Branko Cvetkoski

  Fiction Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Branko Cvetkoski, born in 1954 in Slatino, studied Philology in Skopje. He has worked as a journalist, editor and chief editor for various journals and publishing companies in Macedonia, was...

• Vladimir Cvetkoski

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Vladimir Cvetkoski, born in 1981 in Skopje, studied English Philology and British Cultural Studies (B.A.) and obtained a Master’s in Philology in 2009 at the University of Skopje. From 2003-2006...

• Nikola Cvetković

  Fiction German Serbian Germany Serbia

  Nikola B. Cvetković, born in 1953, is a translator and freelance artist. He attended the Nicolaus Cusanus Grammar School and the Otto Kühne School in Bonn. After ‘A’ Levels he...

• Jelena Dabić

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Montenegrin Serbian Austria

  Jelena Dabić, born in 1978 in Sarajevo, lived in Innsbruck from 1992 and has lived in Vienna since 2004. She studied German Philology and Russian in Innsbruck and in Vienna...

• Mascha Dabić

  Fiction Bosnian German Serbian Austria

  Mascha Dabić, born in 1981 in Sarajevo, has lived in Austria since 1992. She studied Translation Science (English and Russian) and Political Science and works in Vienna as a translator...

• Slobodan Damnjanović

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Slobodan Damnjanović was born in 1951 in Belgrade and studied Philosophy and Art History there. He lives in Belgrade and is member of the Association of Literary Translators, the Author’s...

• Gabriela Danțiș

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Gabriela Danțiș, born in 1947 in Bucharest, studied Romanian language and literature at the University of Bucharest (1965-1970) and obtained her PhD with a thesis on Romanian bucolic poetry in...

• Dalibor Davidović

  Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Dalibor Davidović was born in 1972 in Našice. He studied Music at Zagreb University, received a DAAD grant, and gained his doctor title in the same subject at Hamburg University....

• Jelena Dedeić

  Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Jelena Dedeić holds a Bachelor of Arts in Serbian language and literature with general linguistics from the Faculty of Philology. Since 2002, she has been working as a translator and...

• Dragoslav Dedović

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Dragoslav Dedović, was born in 1963 in Zemun (Serbia) and grew up in Bosnia and Herzegovina, studied journalism in Sarajevo and Cultural Sociology in Belgrade. From 1990-1992 he was Chief...

• Bojana Denić

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Bojana Denić studied German Philology at the University of Belgrade. The main focus of her translation work is translating German-language plays into Serbian. Among her published and performed translations are...

• Irina Deretić

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Irina Deretić is the Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Belgrade. She studied Philosophy at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Belgrade, and at the Ludwig Maximilian...

• Margarita Dikova

  Drama Fiction Poetry Bulgarian Serbian Bulgaria

  Margarita Dikova was born in 1946 in Sofia. After her Slavic Studies she worked as an editor for popular-science and documentary films. Since 1998 she has been a publisher of...

• Diana Dimanova

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Diana Dimanova, born in 1961 in Sofia, studied German language and literature, and Literature. She lives and works as an interpreter and translator in Sofia. In the period from 1989...

• Viktoria Dimitrova Popova

  Drama Fiction Poetry Bulgarian Bulgaria

  Viktoria Dimitrova Popova, born 1981 in Sofia, emigrated to Switzerland in 1992. She studied German and comparative literature in Zurich and Vienna, worked in the independent dance and theater scene...

• Radka Dimitrova-Purwin

  Fiction Bulgarian German Germany

  Radka Dimitrova-Purwin, born in 1954 in Lovec, went to a German-language grammar school in her home town and moved to Sofia to study German studies specializing in interpretation and translation...

• Lidija Dimkovska

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Macedonian North Macedonia

  Lidija Dimkovska, born in 1971 in Skopje, studied Comparative Literature at Skopje University and received her doctorate on Nichita Stănescu at Bucharest University. She currently lives and works as a...

• Ana Dimova

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Ana Dimova, born in 1947 in Svilengrad, studied German in Sofia. In 1979 she gained her doctorate in the field of German and Comparative Linguistics at the University of Leipzig....

• Brigitte Döbert

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Brigitte Döbert, born in 1959, has been a full-time translator of fiction and non-fiction into German since 1995, including several novels by Miljenko Jergović and texts by Dževad Karahasan, Bora...

• Marius Dobrescu

  Fiction Albanian Romanian Romania

  Marius Dobrescu, born in 1951 in Braila (Romania), studied Albanian Language and Literature in Tirana. From 1990, he was the Director of the National Library, and worked for the Romanian...

• Iulia Dondorici

  Fiction German Romanian Germany

  Iulia Dondorici, born in 1979 in Târgoviște, works as a journalist, translator and moderator. She studied Romanian and English philology in Bucharest as well as German language and literature in...

• Milan Đorđević

  Poetry Serbian Slovene Serbia

  Milan Đorđević, born in 1954, is a poet, writer, essayist, and translator. He received numerous prizes for his works: Borislav Pekić Prize in 1998, Vasko Popa Prize in 2005, Vladislav...

• Mira Đorđević

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Dr. Mira Đorđević, born in 1939 in Zagreb, studied German und English Studies in Sarajevo. After a masters in Belgrad and a sojourn in Berlin and Freiburg she graduated at...

• Mircea Dragoman

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Mircea Dragoman was born in 1975 in Braşov. He studied theatre acting and journalism in German at the West University of Timişoara. From 1993 to 2002 he worked at the...

• Cosmin Dragoste

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Cosmin Dragoste was born in 1978 in Craiova, Romania. He obtained his doctorate in German studies and teaches at the Institute for Modern Languages at the University of Craiova. Cosmin...

• Janina Dragostinova

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Janina Dragostinova, born in 1962 in Varna (Bulgaria), studied German Language and Literature and Film Science in Sofia. She is a translator, author and freelance journalist. In 2006 she took...

• Irma Duraković

  Fiction Bosnian German Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Irma Duraković, born in 1983 in Sarajevo, studied German and Film Science in Sarajevo and Vienna. She is currently working on her thesis about “Dreams of modernity. Dream concepts in...

• Zdravko Duša

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Zdravko Duša has translated Faruk Šehić’s Pod pritiskom into Slovene.

• Ekaterina Dzhuteva

  Drama Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Ekaterina Dzhuteva was born in 1980 in Burgas. She studied political economy at the University of Leipzig and later on Public Relations at the Burgas Free University. After her studies,...

• Dimitrinka Elenova

  Children and Young Adults Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Dimitrinka Elenova was born in 1950 in Sofia. She studied German Language and Literature and since then has worked as proofreader and editor in publishing companies, at journals and newspapers...

• Sdravka Evstatieva

  Fiction Poetry Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Sdravka Evstatieva, born in 1962, studied German at the University of Sofia (focal point: translation and interpreting). From 1995 to 2000 she taught at German grammar schools and worked as...

• Dragana Evtimova

  Fiction Poetry Macedonian Slovene North Macedonia

  Dragana Evtimova was born in 1984 in Skopje. She studied Macedonian and Slavic literatures in Skopje and Slovenian language and literature in Skopje and Ljubljana. She works as a writer...

• Edo Fičor

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Croatian Slovene Croatia Slovenia

  Edo Fičor, born in 1958 in Rijeka, studied Philosophy and Comparative Literature in Ljubljana and Zagreb. He has published literary translations since 1981. Among other authors, he has translated Lela...

• Iva Fidancheva

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Macedonian North Macedonia

  Iva Fidancheva, born in 1978 in Skopje, studied German in Skopje and Marburg. From 2002 to 2008 she worked as an Assistant Professor in German at the M&M College and...

• Thomas Frahm

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria Germany

  Thomas Frahm, born in 1961 in Duisburg, studied Geography and worked for the literature office in Bonn. Later, he became a publisher of literature by migrants. Since 2000, his life’s...

• Luca-Ioan Frana

  Fiction Croatian Romanian Croatia

  Luca-Ioan Frana, born in 1976 as a member of the Croatian minority in Reşiţi (Romania), studied History at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of  Zagreb. He has published translations...

• Maksimiljan Fras

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Maksimiljan Fras, born in 1976 in Maribor, firstly attended the Pedagogic Faculty and later the Philosophical Faculty of Maribor, where he acquired his Master’s degree in 2008 in History. He...

• Gergana Fyrkova

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Gergana Fyrkova was born in 1965 and lives in Sofia. She studied German language and literature at the University of Sofia and for two semesters at the Humboldt university of...

• Zsuzsanna Gahse

  Poetry German Switzerland

  Zsuzsanna Gahse was born in 1946 in Budapest. She lives in Müllheim in the Swiss canton of Thurgau and is a writer and translator. She has translated to German works...

• Katica Garoska Acevska

  Fiction French Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Katica Garoska Acevska, born in 1947 in Skopje, studied English and French in Skopje. She works in the Macedonian Ministry of Culture, in the Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage....

• Doreida Gedaj Kafexhiu

  Fiction Poetry Albanian German Albania

  Doreida Gedaj Kafexhiu, born in 1974, obtained her degree in German studies in 1997. After further education at the University of Salzburg she began to work as an interpreter and...

• Nikola Gelevski

  Fiction Macedonian Montenegrin Serbian North Macedonia

  Nikola Gelevski was born in 1964 in Skopje. He studied Comparative Literature and has run the Templum publishing house since 1989. He has been Chief Editor of the cultural journal Margina since...

• Zhela Georgieva

  Fiction Bulgarian Croatian Serbian Bulgaria

  Zhela Georgieva, born in 1943 in Voden, on the border of Turkey, studied Slavonic philology at Sofia University. She is the editor in chief of the Panorama publishing company, as...

• Frossina Georgieva Parashkevova

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Frossina Georgieva Parashkevova, born in 1940 in Sofia, studied German Language and Literature at the St. Clement of Ohrid University in Sofia. From 1964 to 1967 she lived in Leipzig...

• Lorin Ghiman

  Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Lorin Ghiman, born in 1977 in Baia Mare (Romania), studied environmental protection technology in Baia Mare and Clausthal-Zellerfeld (Germany) and Philosophy in Cluj-Napoca, where he is currently doing a Ph.D....

• Polona Glavan

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Polona Glavan was born in 1974 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She graduated in comparative literature and English at the University of Ljubljana in 2000 and has worked as a translator for...

• Marija Glišić

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Germany

  Maria Glišić, was born in 1981 in Hanover (she grew up alongside the Hanover/Munich-Belgrade route), reflected on matters and made mistakes before, in the end, deciding to study German Language...

• Ljiljana Glišović

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Ljiljana Glišović, born in 1952 in Zagreb, studied German Language and Literature at the Philological Faculty in Belgrade and at the Department of German at the Humboldt University in Berlin....

• Vedrana Gnjidić

  Fiction Croatian Croatia

  Vedrana Gnjidić, born in 1992 in Županja, Croatia, studied German and English at Zagreb University. Currently she is in the third year of her interdisciplinary doctoral studies  on language and...

• Matija Godeša

  Children and Young Adults Slovene Slovenia

  Matija Godeša was born in 1994 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He studied translation (English, German, Slovenian) at the University of Ljubljana. He is currently working as a translator for the Slovenian...

• Drinka Gojković

  Drama Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Drinka Gojković (born in 1947 in Belgrade) translates from German and English. She was the head editor of the magazine Mostovi [Bridges] for two decades. Today, she is the editor of...

• Monica Livia Grigore

  Children and Young Adults Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Monica Livia Grigore was born in 1971 in Bucharest. She grew up in a bilingual family and had contact with German already as a child while she also learnt German...

• Andrea Grill

  Fiction Poetry German Austria

  Andrea Grill was born in in Bad Ischl (Austria) and studied in Salzburg, among other places. She obtained her doctorate from Amsterdam University, where she specialised in the evolution of...

• Ana Grmek

  Children and Young Adults German Slovene Slovenia

  Ana Grmek, born in 1980 in Ljubljana, studied English and German. Even while she was studying she began to translate films from German/English for Slovenian television, followed a few years...

• Maja Haderlap

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry German Austria

  Maja Haderlap was born in 1961 in Bad Eisenkappel and lives in Klagenfurt. She studied theatre arts and German philology at the University of Vienna and was a dramaturgic and...

• Daria Hainz

  Drama Non-Fiction German Romanian Austria

  Daria Hainz, geboren 1980 in Bukarest, ist zweisprachig aufgewachsen. Seit 2002 lebt und arbeitet sie als selbstständige Übersetzerin und Dolmetscherin für Rumänisch, Deutsch und Englisch in Wien. Daria Hainz studierte...

• Darja Haralanova

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Darja Haralanova, born in 1957 in Pleven, studied literary translation at the Maxim Gorki Literary Institute in Moscow. In the 80s she worked as an editor for a literary magazine...

• Silvija Hinzmann

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Silvija Hinzmann, born in 1956 in Čakovec (Croatia), has lived in Germany since 1970. After commercial training and further education at night school she worked in several commercial enterprises and in...

• Jurij Hudolin

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Slovene Slovenia

  Jurij Hudolin, born in 1973 in Ljubljana, studied Comparative philology and Serbo-Croatian. He has worked as a freelance author and translator since 1995. He was the Editor of the literary...

• Ljiljana Ilić

  Drama Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Ljiljana Ilić, born in Belgrade in 1971, studied German at Belgrade University. After completing her studies she worked for several media outlets. In addition, she did literary translations from the...

• Milena Ilić

  Fiction Poetry Macedonian Serbian Serbia

  Milena Ilić, born in Belgrade in 1978, studied literature. She writes poetry and short stories and also works as a literary translator (from Macedonian into Serbian). Her poetry collection Hepi...

• Dejan Ilić

  Fiction Poetry Serbian Serbia

  Dejan Ilić was born in 1961 in Travnik (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and has lived in Belgrade since 1969. He studied Italian language and literature. He is working as a freelance...

• Ljubomir Iliev

  Drama Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Ljubomir Iliev, born in 1949, has been translating German language literature to Bulgarian since 35 years. After his jobs as a university assistant (1975–1979) and as an editor (1980–1985), assistant...

• Igor Isakovski

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Igor Isakovski, born in 1970 in Skopje, is a writer and translator. He studied General and Comparative Literature in Skopje and Gender and Culture Studies at the Central European University...

• Nora Iuga

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Nora Iuga was born in 1931 in Bucharest and studied there German language and literature at the Faculty of Philology. She was a German teacher in Sibiu, a librarian, and...

• Jelena Ivanišević

  Poetry Serbian Serbia

  Jelena Ivanišević has translated Robert Simonišeks’s volume of poetry Selitve into Serbian.

• Andrej Ivanji

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Andrej Ivanji, born in 1965 in Belgrade, studied German Language and Literature. He is Editor of Foreign Affairs at the Belgrade weekly journal Vreme and has been the Balkans correspondent at the...

• Ivan Ivanji

  Fiction German Serbian Austria Serbia

  Ivan Ivanji, writer and translator, was born in 1929 in Zrenjanin (Serbia), the son of Jewish parents. From March 1944 to April 1945 he was a prisoner in the concentration...

• Emil Ivanov

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Emil Ivanov studied from 1991 to 1996 at the university of Sofia. He earned his doctorate in 2002 from Christian Archaeology and Art History at the university of Erlangen. From...

• Iva Ivanova

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Iva Ivanova, born in 1952 in Samokov (Bulgaria), studied German Language and Literature in Sofia. After completing her study she taught for several years as a German teacher in various...

• Marjan Ivković

  Non-Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Marjan Ivković has translated Axel Honneth’s Die Idee des Sozialismus. Versuch einer Aktualisierung into Serbian.

• Matthias Jacob

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Montenegrin Serbian Germany

  Matthias Jacob is a lecturer of Literature, translator and journalist. He studied Eastern and Southern Slavic Philology, Modern German Literature and Art History in Tübingen and Moscow and, in the...

• Valeria Jäger

  Fiction Poetry Bulgarian German Austria

  Valeria Jäger was born in 1951 in Vraca/Bulgaria. She has lived in Vienna since 1973 and studied translation science there.  She worked as an interpreter in Russian and Bulgarian, was...

• Andrej Jaklič

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Bosnian Croatian Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Andrej Jaklič was born in 1969. He studied dramaturgy at the Theatre Academy. He now works as a journalist and editor at the “Delo” newspaper, but also works as a...

• Danica Janković

  Fiction German Montenegrin Montenegro

  Danica Janković was born in 1949 in Mokrin (township Kikinda, Vojvodina). She studied German Language and Literature at Belgrade University and has lived in Montenegro since 1972. As a  translator...

• Vladimir Jankovski

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Vladimir Jankovski, born in 1977 in Skopje, has graduated in General and Comparative literature at the Faculty of Philology „Blaze Koneski“ in Skopje. He has been working as editor in...

• Mirjana Jashari

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Mirjana Jashari has translated Arian Leka’s Gjarpri i shtëpisë into Macedonian.

• Andy Jelčić

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Andy Jelčić, born in 1958 in Ogulin, Croatia, studied German and English Studies in Zagreb and Münster. He finished the studies in 1982 in Zagreb where he began the postgraduate...

• Nikola Jordanov

  Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Nikolaj Jordanov, born in 1944, is a qualified philosopher and has been working as a translator from English, German and French for a lot of magazines and newspapers for many...

• Kalina Jordanova

  Fiction Bulgarian Serbian Bulgaria

  Kalina Jordanova was born in 1978 in Lovech (Bulgaria). She studied psychology at St. Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia, and completed her master’s degree in Central and Southeastern European...

• Katerina Josifoska

  Fiction German Macedonian North Macedonia

  Katerina Josifoska, born in 1982 in Skopje, studied at the Philological Faculty of the University of Skopje. She completed her Master’s degree at the Faculty of Philosophy and her Ph.D....

• Zoran Jovanović

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Zoran Jovanović, born in 1942, studied German Language and Literature and has been a member of the Serbian Association of Technical and Scientific translators since 1975. At the beginning of...

• Margit Jugo

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Montenegrin Serbian Germany

  Margit Jugo was born in 1975 in Bühl. After a guest semester at the University of Sarajevo in 1997 she completed her degree as translator in Graz in 2002. From...

• Kristina Jurkovič

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Kristina Jurkovič, born in Munich in 1970, studied German and Latin at Ljubljana university. After completing her studies she worked for the Slovenian Writers’ Association, and later on for the...

• Teodora Karamelska

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Teodora Karamelska, born in 1975 in Russe (Bulgaria), studied cultural sciences and history in Sofia. She had research stays at the LMU in Munich, at the Georg-August University in Göttingen,...

• Roman Karlović

  Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Roman Karlović (born 1976) is a Croatian author and translator. His translations include five pieces by Carlo Goldoni and essays by Slavoj Žižek. He is author of Die Melancholie des...

• Florian Kienzle

  Fiction German Germany

  Florian Kienzle, born 1982, lives and works as a translator and Albanologist in Munich and is the author of the book “Ein Nehmen und Geben. Die Geschlechter in der albanischen...

• Roman Kissiov

  Poetry Bulgarian Macedonian Bulgaria

  Roman Kissiov, born in 1962 in Kazanlak, studied painting at the National Art Academy in Sofia. He is a lyricist, translator of poetry and an artist. His first volume of...

• Vital Klabus

  Fiction Non-Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Vital Klabus, (1932-2016) was born in Škofja Loka and studied Comparative Literature in Ljubljana. From 1962-1992 he worked as one of two Chief Editors at the Državna založba Slovenije publishing...

• Tvrtko Klarić

  Fiction Croatian Italian Croatia

  Tvrtko Klarić was born in 1955 in Gornji Vukšić near Brčko in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He went to school in Croatia (Ilok, Bol on the Brač island, Dubrovnik, and Samobor)...

• Manuela Klenke

  Fiction German Germany

  Manuela Klenke, born in 1984, studied German and English at Babeş Bolyai University and Osnabrück University. From 2010 to 2018 she taught German as a second language (VHS, Akademie Überlingen)....

• Ardian Klosi

  Drama Fiction Non-Fiction Albanian German Albania

  Ardian Klosi, born in 1957 in Tirana, studied Albanian in Tirana and German and Comparative Literature in Innsbruck, where he gained his doctorate in 1990. From 1990-1993 he became involved...

• Jelena Knežević

  Fiction German Montenegrin Serbian Montenegro

  Jelena Knežević, born in Novi Sad in 1977, is a literary scholar and university professor. She studied literature and obtained her PhD from Belgrade University in 2013, writing on the...

• Snješka Knežević

  Drama Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Croatian German Croatia

  Snješka Knežević, born in 1938 in Zagreb, studied Art History and the German Language. In 1962 she began to work for Radio Zagreb, she also published articles about architecture, urbanism...

• Seta Knop

  Fiction Non-Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Seta Knop was born in 1960. She studied Comparative Studies and Sociology at the University of Ljubljana and at first worked as an editor for a publishing house. Since 2001...

• Daniela Kocmut

  Fiction German Slovene Austria

  Daniela Kocmut was born in 1980 in Maribor, Slovenia, and has moved in 1991 to Hermagor/Šmohor in Carinthia, Austria. She studied translation science (Slovenian, English) in Graz and Dublin. She...

• Kolyo Koev

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Kolyo Koev, born in 1952 in Malak Dol, is Professor of Sociology at the New Bulgarian University in Sofia. From 1992 to 1998 he was a member of the International...

• Uwe Kolbe

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry German Germany

  Uwe Kolbe, born in 1957 in Berlin, lives as a freelance writer in Berlin-Charlottenburg. His first volume of poems appeared in 1980 with Aufbau Verlag. In 1987 he moved to...

• Claudiu Komartin

  Poetry Romanian Romania

  Claudiu Komartin was born in 1983 in Bucharest where he now lives as a poet, literary critic and translator. At the age of 20, he published the poetry book Păpușarul...

• Mateja Komel Snoj

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Mateja Komel Snoj was born in Celje, Slovenia, and graduated in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from Ljubljana University. She translates Serbian, Croatian and English literature (poetry, prose and essays)...

• Elena Koneska Svetieva

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Elena Koneska Svetieva has translated Katharina Winkler’s Blauschmuck into Macedonian.

• Lacy Kornitzer

  Fiction German Germany

  Lacy Kornitzer, born in Budapest, is a theatre director and dramaturg. He writes and translates prose texts of contemporary authors from Hungarian into German. His translation of the novel Egy makró...

• Aleksandra Kostić

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Aleksandra Kostić was born in Zagreb in 1968. She studied Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy in Belgrade. She has been working as a freelance translator of philosophical and similar...

• Jelena Kostić-Tomović

  Drama Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Dr. Jelena Kostić-Tomović (1973) studied German studies in Belgrade and Göttingen. She obtained her PhD at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade (2007) in the field of German linguistics and...

• Erwin Köstler

  Fiction Graphic Novel German Austria

  Erwin Köstler is an Austrian translator. His publications as a translator include works by Ivan Cankar and Mojca Kumerdej. He has also translated several volumes of the comic series, Die...

• Spomenka Krajčević

  Children and Young Adults Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Spomenka Krajčević was born in 1949 in Belgrade. She studied comparative literature and finished the postgraduate studies with the master thesis on the structure of Max Frisch novels. From 1974...

• Mojca Kranjc

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Mojca Kranjc was born in 1958 in Ljubljana where she studied comparative literature and dramaturgy. She works as a dramaturge in the Slovenian National Theatre in Ljubljana and as a...

• Jan Krasni

  Non-Fiction Poetry German Serbian Serbia

  Jan Krasni was born in Belgrade in 1984. After completing studies at the “Stanković” music grammar school he studied German Language and Literature at the Universities of Belgrade and Rostock...

• Merima Krijezi

  Fiction Albanian Serbian Serbia

  Merima Krijezi has translated  Fatos Lubonja’s RIDËNIMI into Serbian.

• Alen Kristić

  Magazines Non-Fiction Bosnian Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Alen Kristić was born in 1977 in Sarajevo. He holds a Master’s Degree in theology and is one of the founders of the theological magazine Concilium that covers Croatia and...

• Dushko Krstevski

  Fiction Macedonian

  Dushko Krstevski has translated Viktor Paskov’s Германия, мръсна приказка into Macedonian.

• Naim Kryeziu

  Fiction Albanian German Switzerland

  Naim Kryeziu, born in 1964 in Rogoçicë (Kosovo), studied German Language and Literature and Albanian Studies at the University of Pristhina and completed post-studies in Literary Science. In 2006 he...

• Ermis Lafazanovski

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Ermis Lafazanovski, born in 1961 in Cluj (Romania), studied at the Philological Faculty, Skopje. He is a member of the Macedonian Writers’ Association and PEN Centre and has published several...

• Genc Lafe

  Non-Fiction Albanian Albania

  Genc Lafe was born in 1968 in Tirana. He studied Italian and Albanian languages and literatures at the University of Tirana and has earned his PhD in comparative linguistics from...

• Benjamin Langer

  Fiction German Macedonian Germany

  Benjamin Langer, born in 1976 in Erlangen, studied German language and literature and art history in Bamberg and Budapest. From 2005 to 2006, and from 2006 to 2009, he was...

• Hans-Joachim Lanksch

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Albanian Croatian Serbian Slovene Germany

  Hans-Joachim Lanksch was born in 1943 in Braunschweig. He studied Slavic philology, philology of the Balkans, ethnology, and Albanian studies. He lives in Munich and is translator from Albanian, Slovenian,...

• Mariana-Virginia Lãzãrescu

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Mariana-Virginia Lãzãrescu, born in 1953 in Brașov/Kronstadt, studied German and Romance philology at the University of Bucharest. After completing her studies, she worked as a translator and later on became...

• Maksim Leka

  Poetry Albanian Slovene

  Maksim Leka, born in 1968 in Durres, studied Geology and Mining in Tirana. Since 2001 he has lived with his family in San Diego (California). In 1989 he presented his...

• Alfred Leskovec

  Non-Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Alfred Leskovec, born in 1959 in Idrija, studied Philosophy and German Language and Literature at the Philosophical Faculty in Ljubljana. From 1993 to 2006 he was an external employee of...

• Liza Linde

  Fiction Graphic Novel German Slovene Slovenia

  Liza Linde was born in 1989 in Reutlingen. She lives and works as a translator for German, Slovene and English in Ljubljana. Liza Linde translates prose, poetry and a variety...

• Elizabeta Lindner

  Fiction Poetry German Macedonian Germany

  Elizabeta Lindner, born in 1971 in Skopje, studied German language and literature at the University of Skopje and modern German literature and Slavic studies at the University of Regensburg. She...

• Aleksandra Liven

  Fiction Bulgarian Croatian Serbian Bulgaria

  Aleksandra Liven, born in 1971 in Sofia, studied Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian Philology and Journalism at the St.Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia. She is currently working at the Foreign Language Service...

• Sanja Lovrenčić

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Poetry Croatian Croatia

  Sanja Lovrenčić, born in 1961, is a Croatian writer and translator. She has already published numerous volumes of poetry, collections of short stories and novels. She is even known as...

• Jelena Lužina

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian Macedonian Croatia North Macedonia

  Jelena Lužina was born in 1950 in Dubrovnik. She teaches theatre arts at the Faculty of Theatre in Skopje as a regular professor. She has also established the Institute for...

• Rusanka Lyapova

  Drama Fiction Poetry Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Serbian Bulgaria

  Rusanka Lyapova was born in 1966 in Burgas, Bulgaria and attended the English gymnasium there. In 1991, she completed her studies in Serbo-Croatian Language and Literature at the Philosophical Department...

• Amalija Maček

  Drama Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Amalija Maček, born in Ljubljana, studied German and Spanish. She is a Board Member of the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators and works at the Department of Translation Sciences at...

• Nikola Madžirov

  Non-Fiction Poetry Macedonian North Macedonia

  Nikola Madžirov was born in 1973 in Strumica (Macedonia). He is one of the country‘s greatest lyricists, and has received numerous awards and grants, including the literature award Studentski zbor...

• Mirsad Maglajac

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bosnian German Germany

  Mirsad Maglajac (born 1969) spent his childhood and school days in the town of Modriča in northern Bosnia. He studied South Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Sarajevo...

• Tina Mahkota

  Children and Young Adults Drama Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry German Slovene Slovenia

  Tina Mahkota, born in 1964 in Ljubljana, works as a freelance literary translator. She studied Comparative Literature and English. To be able to concentrate on her work as a translator...

• Shkëlzen Maliqi

  Fiction Albanian Croatian Serbian Kosovo

  Shkëlzen Maliqi u lind në vitin 1947 në Rrahovec (Kosovë) dhe është filozof, analist, kritik arti dhe përkthyes. Prej vitit 1980 ka botuar një sërë librash shkencorë në shqip, serbisht...

• Eljana Mankollari

  Children and Young Adults Albanian Albania

  Eljana Mankollari was born in Korça (Albania) geboren. She studied media, communication, and political studies at the University of Hamburg in Germany. She is currently working as a cultural aide...

• Bojidar Manov

  Fiction Bulgarian Macedonian Bulgaria

  Prof. Dr. Bojidar Manov, born in 1947 in Sofia, is a film critic and journalist. He teaches at the New Bulgarian University and runs the Department for Cinema Studies at...

• Svetla Marinova

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Svetla Marinova was born in 1964 and studied sociology at the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. After finishing her post-graduate study of cultural sociology in Sofia, she began her doctoral...

• Cornelia Marks

  Fiction Poetry Bosnian Croatian German Macedonian Serbian Germany

  Cornelia Marks, born in 1969 in Erfurt, studied Slavonic and German at Martin Luther University Hall-Wittenberg, with one semester at Kyrill and Method University in Skopje, Macedonian Republic. She has...

• Matei Martin

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Matei Martin, born in 1978 in Bucharest, studied political science (French department) at the University of Bucharest. He is an editor at the weekly magazine Dilema veche and runs its...

• Maja Matić

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Maja Matić, born in Vienna in 1965, grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Belgrade, and Bonn. Since 1989, she has been working as a Language Assistant at the Institute for...

• Jana Mayer-Kristić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Montenegrin Serbian Germany

  Jana Mayer-Kristić was born in1971 in Hoyerswerda. She studied in Berlin, Moscow, Vienna and Rijeka and concluded her studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin as a graduated interpreter for...

• Nataša Medved

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Nataša Medved, born in 1976 in Rijeka, studied German and Romance studies at the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb. Since 2007 she has worked in Zagreb as a freelance translator from...

• Elena Messner

  Fiction Graphic Novel Croatian German Serbian Slovene Austria

  Elena Messner, born in 1983 in Klagenfurt, studied Comparative Literature and Cultural Sciences in Vienna and in Wien und Aix en Provence and now works at the University of Vienna...

• Sokol Mici

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Albanian German Albania

  Sokol Mici was born in 1954. He studied Chinese and German languages and literatures in Beijing. He graduated in 1978 and worked first for the national radio and TV station....

• Romeo Mihaljević

  Poetry Croatian Slovene Croatia

  Romeo Mihaljević was born in Našice in 1971. He studied Croatian language and literature and works as a teacher of Croatian. He published 4 books of poetry and translated to...

• Milan Mikulić

  Poetry Croatian German Croatia

  Milan Mikulić was born in 1949 in Novo Selo (Korenica, Croatia). He attended school in Ličko Petrovo Selo and Zagreb, studied German at the teacher’s college and then spent several...

• Kiril Miladinov

  Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Kiril Miladinov was born in 1966 in Zagreb. He studied philosophy and German philology there. He has been working as a freelance translator ever since late 1980s. He has translated...

• Žarko Milenić

  Fiction Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Slovene Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Žarko Milenić was born in 1961 in Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a writer, translator, journalist, literary critic and publisher of numerous books. He graduated from a technical college...

• Milen Milev

  Fiction Bulgarian German Germany

  Milen Milev was born in 1983 in Sofia. He visited the German-language secondary school “Prof. Konstantin Galabov” in Sofia which he finished in 2002 as a graduate of the top-performance...

• Liudmila Mindova

  Fiction Poetry Bulgarian Croatian Serbian Slovene Bulgaria

  Liudmila Mindova was born in 1974 in Ruse, Bulgaria. She studied Slavic philology and did her PhD in 2006. She is currently a scientific co-worker of the Institute for Balkan...

• Snežana Minić

  Fiction Poetry Serbian Germany Serbia

  Snežana Minić, born in 1958 in Niš, studied German and Comparative Literature in Belgrade. She completed her studies with an extensive Master’s thesis about how Gottfried Benn’s poetry was received...

• Đura Miočinović

  Drama Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Romanian Serbian Serbia

  Đura Miočinović, born in 1979 in Belgrad, studied Romanian language and litereture at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He earned his Master’s degree at the University of Timișoara in...

• Simona Modreanu

  Non-Fiction French Romanian Romania

  Simona Modreanu was born in 1962 in Iaşi, Romania. She studied French and English Philology as well as European Studies in Iaşi and Nancy and got a joint PhD from...

• Totka Monova

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Totka Monova has a PhD in philology and is a professor of Media Communication (since 2013) and lecturer of Text Theory and Practice (since 2000) at the Sofia University St....

• Sead Muhamedagić

  Fiction Croatian German Austria Croatia

  Sead Muhamedagić, born in 1954 in Skokovi near Cazin (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied German and South Slavic languages and literatures in Zagreb, and completed further education in German philology in...

• Sanda Munteanu

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Sanda Munteanu studied German Language and Literature in Bucharest and Cluj. In 1977 she obtained her Ph.D. with a dissertation about time structure in Conrad Ferdinand Meyer’s historical novellas. From...

• Vladko Murdarov

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  University Professor, Dr. Vladko Murdarov, born in 1948 in Sofia, studied Bulgarian, and German Language and Literature at Sofioter University and works at the Institute for Bulgarian Language at the...

• Aleš Mustar

  Fiction Poetry Slovene Slovenia

  Aleš Mustar, born in Ljubljana in 1968, is a freelance poet and literary translator. He studied English language and literature at the University of Ljubljana and received his PhD in...

• Melinda Nadj Abonji

  Fiction German Serbian Switzerland

  Melinda Nadj Abonji was born in 1968 in Becsej, Serbia. Today, she lives as a writer and musician in Switzerland. She studied German philology and history in Zurich. In 2004,...

• Irena Nasi

  Fiction Albanian German Albania

  Irena Nasi, born in 1978, studied German philology at the University of Tirana, with specializing in translation and interpretation. She currently works as the advisor to the Austrian Embassy in...

• Octavia Nedelcu

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Romanian Serbian Romania

  Octavia Nedelcu, born in 1957 in Cenei, studied at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of Bucharest University. She received her doctorate of Serbian Literature in 1999 after completing...

• Lora Nenkovska

  Drama Fiction Poetry Bulgarian Romanian Bulgaria

  Lora Nenkovska was born in 1979 in Pazardžik, Bulgaria. She attended Balkan Studies and Romanian Philology at the University of “St. Kliment Ohridski” in Sofia and earned her PhD from...

• Jovan Nikolaidis

  Fiction Non-Fiction Montenegrin Montenegro

  Jovan Nikolaidis, born in 1950 in Ulcinj, worked from 1974 in Sarajevo for the daily newspaper, Oslobođenje. At the beginning of the 1990s he returned to his hometown of Ulcinj...

• Nina Nikolova

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Nina Nikolova, born in 1964 in Byala Slatina, Bulgaria, is a university assistant at the Paissiy Hilendarski University in Plovdiv, where she teaches Sociology. Between 1996 and 2004 she was...

• Zorica Nikolovska

  Children and Young Adults Drama Fiction German Macedonian North Macedonia

  Prof. Dr. Zorica Nikolovska, born in 1964 in Skopje, studied German and by 1987 was already a professor of German Language and Literature. After postgraduate studies in German literature, in...

• Viorica Nişcov

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Viorica Nişcov, born in 1936, studied German Language and Literature in Bucharest. From 1962 to 1998 she was a member of staff at the Institute for Literary History and Literary...

• Vangel Nonevski

  Non-Fiction Croatian Macedonian North Macedonia

  Vangel Nonevski was born in 1977 in Belgrade. He studied at the Institute for Philosopy at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje. He earned his PhD at the...

• Klaus Detlef Olof

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian German Macedonian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Austria

  Klaus Detlef Olof, born in 1939 in Oebisfelde, spent his childhood and youth in Lübeck and Hildesheim and studied Slavic languages in Hamburg and Sarajevo. He taught at the universities...

• Ivana Olujić

  Fiction Croatian Romanian Croatia

  Ivana Olujić, born in 1976 in Sinj, studied History and Croatian at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zagreb, where she now teaches Romanian Literature. She has published translations...

• Donika Omari

  Fiction Albanian Albania

  Donika Omari was born in 1936 in Tirana, where she has been living until today. She studied Albanian language and literature and has been working as a publicist and translator...

• Adrian Oproiu

  Fiction Poetry Croatian Croatia Romania

  Adrian Oproiu was born in 1980 in Curtea de Argeş, Romania. He studied philosophy at the university of Bucharest and moved to Zagreb in 2009, where he has been living...

• Ana Jasmina Oseban

  Fiction Poetry Croatian German Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Ana Jasmina Oseban was born in 1978 in Celje, Slovenia. She studied translation and interpretation (German, English, Slovenian) in Maribor and in Graz and social pedagogics in Ljubljana. She translates...

• Stanimir Panayotov

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian Macedonian North Macedonia

  Stanimir Panayotov studied Philosophy in Sofia (B.A.) and completed his studies at the Euro-Balkan Institute in Macedonia with an M.A. in Philosophy and Gender Studies. He has now been involved...

• Corneliu Papadopol

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Corneliu Papadopol, born in 1933 in Sfântu Gheorghe, studied at the Archducal Catholic Saint Andreas Boarding School and at the Institute of Architecture in Bucharest. He has translated many works...

• Boris Parashkevov

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Boris Parashkevov, born in 1938 in Sofia, is Professor for Historical Grammar and History of the German language. He studied German Language and Literature and from 1964 to 1967 was...

• Galina Pavlova

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Galina Pavlova was born in Varna and studied German and Italian studies in Sofia. After graduation, she taught German as a foreign language and German literature at the language high...

• Borislav Pavlovski

  Fiction Poetry Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Croatia

  Borislav Pavlovski, born in 1950 in Bjelovar, studied at the Department of Philosophy of Zagreb University, where he now heads the chair of Macedonian Language and Literature. He was chairman...

• Vanja Peneva

  Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Vanja Peneva was born in 1957. After attending a German-speaking grammar school in Pazardžik she studied German Language and Literature in Sofia. Since 1990 she has worked as a translator...

• Boris Perić

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Boris Perić, born in 1966 in Varaždin, studied German Language and Literature at the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb. He is a writer, literary translator and journalist with various Croatian and...

• Ljubinka Perinac Stankov

  Poetry Romanian Serbian Romania

  Ljubinka Perinac Stankov, born in Timişoara in 1969, studied Romanian and Russian Language and Literature. She is the editor-in-chief of the weekly Наша реч in Timişoara, an author, and a...

• Aco Peroski

  Fiction Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Aco Peroski, born in 1982 in Ohrid, Macedonia, studied at the Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology in Skopje, where he gained his Ph.D. in 2009. He translates from English, French,...

• Željko Perović

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Željko Perović, born in 1961 in Visoko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), has been living in Slovenia since 1977. He writes poems and works as a literary translator. Some of his poetry...

• Anita Peti-Stantić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian Slovene Croatia

  Anita Peti-Stantić, born in 1966 in Virovitica, studied Southern Slavic and Classical Philology in Zagreb. After post-graduate studies at Yale University and at the University of Vienna she obtained her...

• Sibila Petlevski

  Poetry Croatian French Croatia

  Sibila Petlevski was born in Zagreb, Croatia. She works as a poet, novelist, playwright, actress, literary critic, theatre theoretician, editor, and translator. After obtaining her doctorate in philology, she now...

• Nikica Petrak

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Nikica Petrak, born in 1939 in Duga Res, studied English Language and Literature and Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb. At the beginning of the 1960s he...

• Paola Petrić

  Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Paola Petrić, born in 1975 in Belgrade, studied German Language and Literature at the University of Belgrade. During her studies she completed a one-year professional further training at the University...

• Tanja Petrič

  Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Tanja Petrič was born in 1981 in Maribor. She works as a translator, literary critic, literary researcher, and editor. After studying Comparative Literature and German Philology in Ljubljana she is...

• Olja Petronić

  Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Olja Petronić has translated Jacques Chessex’s Le dernier crâne de M. de Sade into Serbian.

• Jelena Petrović

  Fiction German Serbian Austria

  Jelena Petrović, born in 1980 in Belgrade, studied German Language and Literature and Theatre and Film Sciences in Belgrade and Vienna. She is currently working at the ERSTEN Foundation in...

• Ivan Petrović

  Graphic Novel German Austria

  Ivan Petrović, born 1986 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, studied Comparative Literature in Vienna. He works in the field of publishing as a book publicist, literature scout, and translator. His focus...

• Astrid Philippsen

  Children and Young Adults Drama Fiction Poetry Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Slovene Germany

  Astrid Philippsen was born in 1942 in Küstrin /Oder. After the war, she lived in various locations as a refugee. After completing her Abitur (German A-level equivalent) in 1960 in...

• Catrinel Plesu

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Catrinel Plesu was born in 1948 in Bucharest. She studied English, German and French philology in Bucharest and Exeter and was then working between 1971 and 1995 at the department...

• Adem Pllana

  Fiction Albanian French Serbian Kosovo

  Adem Pllana, born in 1948 in Lajthishtë (Kosovo), studied Albanian Language and Literature in Prishtina. In the 1970s, he first worked as a primary school teacher in Albanian and French....

• Admira Poçi

  Children and Young Adults Albanian Albania

  Admira Poçi has translated Christine Nöstlinger’s Konrad oder Das Kind aus der Konservenbüchse and Jutta Treiber’s Vergewaltigt into Albanian.

• Vasile Poenaru

  Fiction German Romanian Austria Romania

  Vasile V. Poenaru, born in 1969, is an Austrian-Romanian German philologist, writer and translator; not a stranger in Vienna, Linz, Bucharest, Salzburg; numerous publications in Literatur und Kritik (Salzburg), Die...

• Jagna Pogačnik

  Fiction Croatian Slovene Croatia

  Jagna Pogačnik, born in 1969 in Zagreb, studied Croatian and Southern Slavic Philology. In 1989 she published her first book reviews, essays and critiques. She worked as an editor for...

• Sonja Polanc

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Sonja Polanc, born in 1956 in Samobor (Croatia), studied philosophy and comparative literature in Ljubljana. She has been a freelance artist since 1988. She acted in many notabe theatre performances...

• Ioana Cristina Pop

  Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Ioana Cristina Pop, born in 1966 in Bucharest, attended the Embassy School in Warsaw in the GDR (1973-1977) and the French Embassy school (1977-1979). In Romania she continued her school...

• Hristo Popov

  Poetry Bosnian Bulgarian Serbian Bulgaria

  Hristo Popov, born in 1940 in Debnevo, studied Slavic Philology in Sofia. He worked as an editor for Bulgarian National Radio. From 2003 to 2005 he was Chief Secretary of...

• Tania Popova

  Fiction Bulgarian Bulgaria

  Tania Popova, born in Kostenets, Bulgaria, in 1966, graduated from Sofia Technical University  in 1989 with a master’s degree in microelectronics. Since 2009, she has been working as a translator...

• Margarita Popova

  Children and Young Adults Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Margarita Popova, born in 1958 in Levski, Bulgaria, studied German philology at the University of Veliko Tarnovo. Since 1994 she has been teaching German as a university lecturer at the...

• Mirjana Popović

  Children and Young Adults German Serbian Serbia

  Mirjana Popović, born in 1954, went to school in Munich, Belgrade and Hamburg and thereafter studied German Language and Literature and Sociology in Belgrade. She then worked as a clerk...

• Slobodanka Popovska

  Fiction German Macedonian North Macedonia

  Slobodanka Popovska, born in 1944 in Skopje, studied German in Skopje and Halle. Following the earthquake in1963 she lived in Switzerland for a year. Since 1968 she has worked as...

• Jure Potokar

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Jure Potokar, born in 1956, studied Slovene Language and Literature at Ljubljana University. He has published four volumes of poetry and translated almost one hundred books from the English and...

• Lili Potpara

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Lili Potpara was born in Maribor, Slovenia. She studied English and French at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and graduated from the English Translation Workshop in 1992. Potpara...

• Ana Pranjković Karas

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German

  Ana Pranjković Karas, born in 1982 in Zagreb, studied German philology, Hispanic philology, and Portuguese philology at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Zagreb. Since 2005 she has...

• Vahidin Preljević

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bosnian German Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Vahidin Preljević, born in 1975 in Brčko (Bosnia and Herzegovina), studied from 1995 to 1996 German and Italian languages and literatures, and Media studies in Halle, Germany, and from 1996...

• Ksenija Premur

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian Slovene Croatia

  Ksenija Premur, born in 1962 in Zagreb, studied Philosophy and Russian at the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb. She gained her first master’s degree in Ljubljana with a philosophical paper, in...

• Elena Prodeva

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Elena Prodeva, born in 1954 in Sofia, attended the German-language grammar school in Sofia and went on to study German. After completing her studies, she worked as a German teacher...

• Aleksandar Prokopiev

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Macedonian Serbian Slovene North Macedonia

  Aleksandar Prokopiev, born in 1953 in Skopje, studied in Belgrade at the Faculty of Philology, the Department of General and Comparative Literature, and obtained his Ph.D. in the subject of...

• Cătălina Puiu

  Fiction Bulgarian Romanian Romania

  Cătălina Puiu, born in 1969, studied Bulgarian and Romanian language and literature in Bucharest. She then gained a master’s degree and later a doctorate in Slavic languages and literature. She...

• Mirza Purić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry Bosnian German Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Mirza Purić, born in 1979 in Bihać, studied English at the University of Vienna. His first translation was published in 2004 and since that time, he has translated novels, stories,...

• Zorana Rackov

  Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Zorana Rackov was born in Kikinda in 1980. She has a BA in French language and literature and has devoted herself to teaching and translating work of French-speaking authors. Her...

• Borivoj Radaković

  Fiction Croatian Macedonian Croatia

  Borivoj Radaković, born in 1951 in Zemun, studied at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zagreb. He worked for ten years for various literary journals and cultural newspapers. He...

• Blažena Radas

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Blažena Radas, born in 1967 in Vienna, studied Slavic and German Philology in Heidelberg. Until 2000 she taught as a DAAD lecturer German language and literature at the University of...

• Dean Rajčić

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Dean Rajčić, born in 1966 in Koper, studied Economics at the University of Ljubljana. A few years after completing his study he decided to earn his living by literary translation...

• Ilma Rakusa

  Poetry German Switzerland

  Ilma Rakusa was born in 1946 as the daughter of a Slovenian and a Hungarian in Rimavská Sobota (Slovakia). She spent her early childhood in Budapest, Ljubljana and Triest, in...

• Lilia Ratcheva-Stratieva

  Children and Young Adults Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Lilia Ratcheva-Stratieva is a children’s book author, translator, and literary critic. She studied Bulgarian and English Language and Literature at the University of Sofia and specialised in children’s literature in...

• Aleksandra Rekar

  Fiction Poetry Slovene Slovenia

  Aleksandra Rekar studied comparative literature and sociology of culture at Ljubljana University. After the completion of her studies she went on to work as a dramaturge in the theatre, collaborating...

• Afrim Rexhepi

  Fiction Albanian Macedonian North Macedonia

  Afrim A. Rexhepi was born in 1972 in Skopje, where he still lives today. He completed his PhD with his thesis on Ismail Kadare. He works as a lecturer at...

• Angela Richter

  Fiction German Serbian Germany

  Angela Richter, born in 1952 in Dresden, firstly studied Serbo-Croatian and Russian in accordance with a professional education, as part of a course for interpreters and translators at the Humboldt...

• Ana Ristović

  Fiction Poetry Serbian Serbia

  Ana Ristović was born in 1972 in Belgrade and studied comparative literature at the Faculty of Philology there. She published several volumes of poetry, for which she received important literary...

• Enver Robelli

  Fiction Non-Fiction Albanian German Germany

  Enver Robelli was born in 1973 in Kosovo and grew up at the Zurich Lake. He attended the Swiss School of Journalism and did an internship at the Zurich daily...

• Joachim Röhm

  Fiction Albanian German Albania Germany

  Joachim Röhm was born in 1947 in Stuttgart. From 1966 he studied German Language and Literature in Tübingen and took part in the student movement. As a later consequence of...

• Alexandru Şahighian

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Alexandru Al. Şahighian was born in 1950 in Bucharest. He visited a German school there and studied German studies at the University of Bucharest. Since 1990, he has been a...

• Natasha Sardzoska

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Poetry Macedonian North Macedonia

  Natasha Sardzoska, born in Skopje in 1979, is a poet, writer, and literary translator. She studied Romance Philology (Italian and French) and holds an MA in Italian literature from the...

• Toma Savica

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Toma Savica, born in 1951 in Serbia, studied German Language and Literature in Belgrade and Berlin. In 1999 he qualified as a professor with his paper on the subject of...

• Gancho Savov

  Fiction Bulgarian Slovene Bulgaria

  Gancho Savov, born in 1930 in Pernik, Bulgaria, studied Slavic Language and Literature in Yugoslavia, Poland and Czechoslovakia and then worked as an editor of cultural affairs in various newspapers,...

• Basil Schader

  Children and Young Adults Drama Fiction Albanian German Switzerland

  Basil Schader was born in 1951 in Zurich. After studying German studies and European ethnology/folklore, he worked at the Zurich University of Teacher Education in his area of expertise, and...

• Loreta Schillock

  Fiction Poetry Albanian German Germany

  Loreta Schillock was born in 1974 in Berat, Albania. She studied English language in Chigaco and was working as a teacher. Since 2001, she has been liveing near Stuttgart and...

• Victor Scoradeţ

  Drama Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Victor Scoradeţ, born in 1953 in Romania, studied German language and literature at the University of Bucharest. After graduation, he worked first as a German teacher and later as an...

• Naser Šečerović

  Fiction Non-Fiction Bosnian German Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Naser Šečerović was born in 1981 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina. He studied German in Sarajevo and has worked  as an assistant in German literature at the German studies department...

• Janka Selimi

  Fiction Albanian Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Montenegrin Serbian Bulgaria

  Janka Selimi, born in 1935 in Dobrich (Bulgaria), studied Russian at Moscow University. She worked for many years as a translator in Bulgarian at Radio Tirana and taught Russian and...

• Milena Selimi

  Drama Fiction Poetry Albanian Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Montenegrin Serbian Albania

  Milena Selimi, born in Tirana in 1968, studied Albanian language and literature. She worked at Radio Tirana for many years, was the editor of the magazines Kult, Jeta, and ABC,...

• Tim Senčar

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Tim Senčar has translated Aleksandar Prokopiev’s Делфинот (приказни за видливото и невидливото) into Slovene.

• Slavo Šerc

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Slavo Šerc, born in 1959 in Maribor, studied Slovene Language and Literature and Comparative Literary History with Literary Theory in Ljubljana. In the years 1984/1985 he also studied German as...

• Rada Sharlandzhieva

  Fiction Bulgarian Montenegrin Serbian Bulgaria

  Rada Sharlandzhieva, born in 1946 in Dryanovo (Bulgaria), studied English and American Literature in Sofia. She has also specialised in Serbo-Croatian Language and Literature at the University of Sofia and...

• Anila Shuka

  Fiction Albanian German Germany

  Anila Shuka, born in 1970 in Vlora, Albania, studied Economic Sciences and Sociology at the Universities of Tirana and Hamburg. She then worked as a translator, editor and moderator for...

• Ilira Shurbani

  Fiction Albanian Croatian Albania

  Ilira Shurbani, born in 1956 in Tirana, studied at the Faculty for History and Philology at Tirana University. She worked as a teacher from 1987 to 2000 and from 2000...

• Viktor Šikov

  Fiction Poetry Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Viktor Šikov was born in 1973 in Skopje, Macedonia. He studied journalism and worked for several newspapers. He concluded a postgraduate study of media communication. He translates poetry and prose....

• Damijan Šinigoj

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Damijan Šinigoj, born in 1964 in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, is a writer, translator, editor, journalist and screenplay writer. Sinigoj has written two novels and two volumes of short stories and...

• Helen Sinković

  Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Helen Sinković, born in 1964 in Zagreb, studied German and Italian Language and Literature at the Philosophical Faculty at the University of Zagreb. She is a member of the Croatian...

• Alexander Sitzmann

  Fiction Bulgarian German Macedonian Germany

  Alexander Sitzmann, born in 1974 in Stuttgart, studied Scandinavian and Slavic in Vienna, and researches and lectures at the university there. He has been a freelance literary translator of Bulgarian,...

• Damir Smiljanić

  Non-Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Damir Smiljanić, born 1972, is Full Professor of Philosophy at Novi Sad University. He translated the following books from German into Serbian: Wilhelm Schmid, Schönes Leben? Einführung in die Lebenskunst...

• Milan Soklić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Milan Soklić, born in 1955 in Tuzla, studied philosophy and sociology at the University of Sarajevo. With other intellectuals, he formed the artistic group “Tijelo – Prostor” (Body – Space)....

• Martina Soldo

  Fiction Non-Fiction Poetry German Slovene Slovenia

  Martina Soldo, born in 1962 in Koper first of all studied Dramaturgy in Ljubljana.  In the Eighties she worked for Irwin, a group of visual artists, for whom she wrote...

• Željka Somun

  Fiction Croatian French Croatia

  Željka Somun was born in 1967 in Zagreb. She studied French and Spanish languages and literatures in Zagreb and currently works as a translator. Her published translations include works of...

• Ivan Šopov

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Ivan Šopov studied General and Comparative Literature in Skopje. Since 2012, he has been working as an editor for the publisher Templum and the website okno.mk. His publications include the...

• Annemarie Sorescu-Marinković

  Fiction Montenegrin Romanian Serbian Serbia

  Annemarie Sorescu-Marinković was born in 1978 in Pitești. She studied Romanian and English at the Department of Philology in Timișoara and received her doctorate in 2010 in Cluj-Napoca. She currently...

• Anrila Spahija

  Fiction Poetry Albanian Albania

  Anrila Spahija (Ana Kove) is considered as one of the best known contemporary Albanian writers. She studied Albanian language and literature in Tirana. In 2001 she concluded a study of...

• Darko Spasov

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Darko Spasov studied theatre art at the Faculty of Philology in Skopje. He is a translator from Slovene and English to Macedonian. He translated many plays and fiction texts of...

• Sara Špelec

  Non-Fiction Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Sara Špelec was born in 1985 in Maribor. She studied Russian language and literature and comparative Slavic linguistics in Ljubljana. Since the academic year 2012/13, she works on a research...

• Herta Spuhn

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Herta Spuhn, born in 1933 in Czernowitz (then Romania, since 1944 Ukraine) and emigrated to Romania in 1946, studied Romanian Language and Literature at the University of Bucharest. She was...

• Truda Stamać

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Truda Stamać, born in 1942 in Petrovaradin, studied Comparative Literature and German in Zagreb. In addition to her work as a literary translator she firstly worked in the library of...

• Milutin Stanisavac

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Born 1946, studied philosophy in Belgrade. Translator, author, and editor – Ideje, Književne Novine, Prosveta Publishing Company. Translations (Selection): M. Heidegger, ” Hegel’s Concept of Experience “, Kant and the...

• George State

  Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  George State was born in 1979 in Botosani (Romania). He studied Philosophy in Klausenburg. He now works as a reader. He has translated from German: Zur Kritik der Gewalt [The...

• Daniela Ştefănescu

  Fiction Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Daniela Ştefănescu, born in Bucharest in 1952, attended the German School in Bucharest and later on studied German and English at Bucharest University. At first, she worked as a German...

• Danail Stefanov

  Fiction Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Serbian Bulgaria

  Danail Stefanov was born in 1986 in Sofia and studied Slavic Philology focusing on Serbian and Croatian Language as well as Slovenian Language and Literature at the Sofian University “St....

• Simeon Stefanov

  Fiction Bosnian Bulgarian Croatian Serbian Bulgaria

  Simeon Stefanov was born in Sofia in 1986 and studied Slavic Philology focusing on Serbian and Croatian Language, as well as Slovenian Language and Literature at the University “St. Kliment...

• Blanka Stipetić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German Germany

  Blanka Stipetić was born in 1967 in Vojvodina. She studied political science and Slavic languages in Würzburg. She works as a writer, literary translator and publisher. She wrote two crime...

• Marija-Joanna Stojadinović

  Drama Fiction Bulgarian Serbian Bulgaria Serbia

  Marija-Joanna Stojadinović, born in 1951 in Sliven (Bulgaria), studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade and then qualified as a theatre journalist. She has worked as a journalist since 1978,...

• Lilija Stojanova Mrzlikar

  Fiction Bulgarian Bulgaria

  Lilija Mrzlikar was born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, in 1982 as Lilija Georgieva. She studied Slavic philology at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. Now she is living in Novo mesto, Slovenia,...

• Bojana Stojanović Pantović

  Non-Fiction Poetry Serbian Slovene Serbia

  Bojana Stojanović Pantović, born in 1960 in Belgrade, studied Slovene Literature and Comparative Studies at the University of Belgrade. Since 2004, she has been professor for Comparative Studies at the...

• Hana Stojić

  Fiction Poetry Bosnian German Germany

  Hana Stojić, born in 1982 in Sarajevo, studied at the Faculty of Translation Studies at the University of Vienna. She is co-editor of the publications Izgubljena mjesta and Žene u Bosni...

• Ivana Stojić

  Fiction Bosnian German Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Ivana Stojić was born in 1984 in Sarajevo. After completion of her school education, which she partly spent in Vienna, she studied Comparative Literature at the University of Sarajevo. She...

• Gligor Stojkovski

  Fiction Bulgarian Croatian Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Gligor Stojskovski, born in 1952, studied South Slavic Literature and worked between 1976 and 2001 as a journalist for the newspapers Nova Makedonija and Utrinski Vesnik. From 2001 till 2009...

• Tina Štrancar

  Fiction Poetry German Slovene Slovenia

  Tina Štrancar was born in 1985 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She studied German language and literature there and in Bremen, followed by a doctoral study in Literary Studies in Ljubljana and...

• Đurđa Strsoglavec

  Fiction Croatian Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Đurđa Strsoglavec, born in 1967 in Pregrada, Slovenia, studied at the University of Ljubljana, where she was awarded a doctorate and now teaches Croatian and Serbian literature and translation at...

• Namita Subiotto

  Fiction Bulgarian Macedonian Slovene Slovenia

  Namita Subiotto, born in 1972 in Postojna (Slovenia), studied Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian Language and Literature and Comparative Linguistics of Slavic Languages in Ljubljana. She obtained her Ph.D. in Macedonian...

• Bisera Suljić-Boškailo

  Fiction Bosnian German Serbian Germany Serbia

  Bisera Suljić-Boškailo, born in 1965 in Tutin (Serbia), is a Bosnian-Herzogovinian writer. She has published the novels Goli Otok‚ La Perla ‚ Pešter, Bilija, the poetry volumes Vilino Kolo, Vilino...

• Flaka Surroi

  Fiction Albanian Serbian Kosovo

  Flaka Surroi, born in 1963 in Prishtina, studied at the Faculty of Law at the University of Prishtina. She is the owner and manager of the largest Kosovan media company,...

• Rossitsa Tacheva

  Fiction Bulgarian French Bulgaria

  Rossitsa Tacheva was born in 1946 in Sofia. She visited an English language secondary school and studied French philology in Sofia. She has translated over 50 books by Balzac, Maupassant,...

• Meral Tarar-Tutuš

  Non-Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Meral Tarar-Tutuš was born in 1966 in Ludwigsburg. She visited school in Germany but returned to Serbia to study German language and literature in Belgrade. She has been working as...

• Aleksandar Tišma

  Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Aleksandar Tišma was born in 1924 in Horgoš, Vojvodina. He studied English Philology and Literature at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. He is author of numerous novels, stories, poetry...

• Daniela Tkalec

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German Croatia

  Daniela Tkalec was born in 1963 in Zagreb. She went to school in Germany but return to Croatia to study German and French languages and literatures in her home city....

• Stevan Tontić

  Fiction Poetry Bosnian Serbia

  Stevan Tontić, born in 1946 in Sanski Most (Bosnia and Herzegowina), studied philosophy and sociology in Sarajevo. He has published eleven volumes of poetry, one novel and two books of...

• Lenče Toseva

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Lenče Toseva, born in 1976 in Sveti Nikole (Macedonia), translates from Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Russian into Macedonian. In 2009 she received the prize of the Macedonian Association of...

• Sophia Totzeva

  Drama Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Dr. Sophia Totzeva, born in Sofia, studied Bulgarian and German Language and Literature in Sofia and Berlin. She obtained her Ph.D. in 1994 in the subject of Dramatics at the...

• Andreas Tretner

  Fiction Bulgarian German Germany

  Andreas Tretner was born in 1959 in Gera, in the eastern part of Thüringen, and today lives on the north-western edge of Berlin. He studied interpretation and translation in Leipzig...

• Tijana Tropin

  Fiction German Serbian Serbia

  Tijana Tropin was born in 1977 in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2000 she finished her studies of World Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Belgrade. Since 2003 she works...

• Binak Ulaj

  Fiction Albanian Serbian Kosovo

  Binak Ulaj, born in 1944 in the municipality of Plav (Montenegro), studied Albanian language and literature. From 1993 to 1996 he worked as an Albanian teacher at the  Xhevdet Doda...

• Hajro Ulqinaku

  Fiction Albanian Kosovo

  Hajro Ulqinaku has translated Andrej Nikolaidis’ Dolazak into Albanian.

• Jana Unuk

  Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Jana Unuk was born in Maribor in 1959. Her literary translations into Slovene include works by Bosnian (Dževad Karahasan, Ferida Duraković), Serbian (Filip David, Vidosav Stevanović), English-language (Virginia Woolf, Isaac...

• Anja Uršič

  Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Anja (Marija Ana) Uršič was born in 1935 in Krško, Slovenia. She learnt German in the primary school in Rassach, Austria. She studied archaeology at the University of Ljubljana where...

• Rumyana Valcheva Stankova

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Rumyana Valcheva Stankova, born in 1944 in Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgaria), completed a German language course at the Herder Institute in Leipzig and studied Organic Synthesis and Technology at the Leuna-Merserburg...

• Vasilka Vancheva

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Vasilka Vancheva, born in Varna (Bulgaria), studied German Language and Literature at the University of Sofia (second language, English, and third language, Dutch). After completing her study and a residence...

• Risto Vasilevski

  Fiction Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia Serbia

  Risto Vasilevski, born in 1943 in Nakolec (Macedonia), writes poems, essays, literary reviews and childrens’ literature in Macedonian and Serbian. He is editor of numerous anthologies, translator and runs the...

• Dana Verescu

  Non-Fiction German Romanian Romania

  Dana Verescu, born in 1973 in Romania, studied Psychology in Bucharest and in 1998 acquired the title Master of Arts in American Cultural Studies. From 2003 to 2007 he translated...

• Štefan Vevar

  Fiction German Slovene Slovenia

  Štefan Vevar, born in 1953 in Slovenj Gradec, studied German and English in Ljubljana. He has translated numerous writers of classics (Goethe, Schiller, Novalis, Heine, Stifter, Fontane, Musil, Kafka, Dürrenmatt,...

• Dagmar Vohburger

  Fiction German Serbian Germany

  Dagmar Vohburger, born in 1966, studied journalism in Berlin. She works for various daily and weekly newspapers, radio stations and PR agencies. In 2004 she was press spokeswoman for the...

• Urban Vovk

  Fiction Poetry Bosnian Croatian Montenegrin Serbian Slovene Slovenia

  Urban Vovk, born in 1971 in Kranj, studied Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana. He works as a freelance writer, editor, literary critic, and translator. For his first book, a...

• Nenad Vujadinović

  Fiction Poetry Bosnian Macedonian Serbian North Macedonia

  Nenad Vujadinović was born in 1964 in Kotor and studied Philology in Skopje and Belgrade. He obtained his PhD in 2008 from the University of Skopje. He has been lecturing...

• Miljurko Vukadinović

  Non-Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Miljurko Vukadinović has translated Neagu Djuvara’s O scurtă istorie ilustrată a românilor into Serbian.

• Nataša Vukajlović-Fischer

  Children and Young Adults Drama Fiction Poetry Serbian Germany

  Natasa Vukajlović-Fischer, was born in 1968 in Belgrade. After finishing her law studies in 1992, she moved to Cologne. Her published translations from German to Serbian include works by Jenny...

• Vesna Vuković

  Non-Fiction Croatian Croatia

  Vesna Vuković, born in Dubrovnik in 1975, studied German, Croatian and theater studies at the Philosophical Faculty in Zagreb, where she is currently completing her doctorate in the fields of...

• Eva Ruth Wemme

  Fiction German Germany

  Eva Ruth Wemme, born in Paderborn in 1973, studied Romanian, German, Philosophy and Musicology in Cologne, Berlin and Bucharest. She worked as an interpreter in the Moabit prison and in...

• Ernest Wichner

  Fiction German Romanian Germany

  Ernest Wichner was born in 1952 in Zăbrani in Romania and has been living in Germany since 1975. He writes poetry and short stories and translates mostly from Romanian to...

• Mirjana Wittmann

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Mirjana Wittmann was born in 1938 in Sarajevo and grew up in Belgrade. She studied languages in Heidelberg and worked in radio for 30 years, lastly as an editor in...

• Klaus Wittmann

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Klaus Wittmann, born in 1937 in Krefeld, studied Law in Saarbrücken, Heidelberg and Bonn. From 1963 until 1999 he was employed at Inter Nationes. Together with his wife Mirjana Wittmann...

• Katharina Wolf-Grießhaber

  Fiction Bosnian Croatian German Serbian Germany

  Katharina Wolf-Grießhaber, born in 1955 in Stuttgart, studied Slavic and East European History in Heidelberg and Bochum. She obtained her Master’s degree with a paper on Ivo Andrić and her...

• Pëllumb Xhufi

  Non-Fiction Albanian German Albania

  Pëllumb Xhufi, born in 1951 in Durrës (Albania), studied Classical Philology at the University of Rome. From 1991 to 1992 he undertook research as a grant holder of the Humboldt...

• Elda Ymeri

  Fiction Albanian German Germany

  lda Ymeri, born in 1975, studied German Language and Literature at the Linguistic Faculty in Tirana from 1994-1998 and worked for the company P+Z Engineering GmbH in Munich from 1998-2005....

• Zoran Ž. Paunović

  Fiction Serbian Serbia

  Zoran Ž. Paunović was born in 1970 in Kladovo in Serbia. He studied English, Macedonian, Serbian and Church Slavonic at the University of Skopje, and English and Bulgarian at the...

• Alexandra Natalie Zaleznik

  Children and Young Adults Fiction Slovene Slovenia

  Alexandra Natalie Zaleznik, born in Munich in 1984, was raised bilingual in Germany and later on moved to Slovenia. She studied German at Ljubljana University and Swedish as her elective....

• Andrei Zanca

  Fiction Poetry German Romanian Germany

  Andrei Zanca, born in Sighișoara in Transylvania, studied German language and literature in Cluj. He worked during his studies as an editor oft he German speaking literary magazine Echinox. From...

• Marko Žarić

  Fiction Non-Fiction Croatian German Germany

  Marko Žarić was born in 1946. He finished German and Romance studies in Zagreb and Münster and he additionally studied at the Theological College in Zagreb and at the College...

• Dimitar Zashev

  Non-Fiction Bulgarian German Bulgaria

  Dimitar Zashev works as an academic and translator in Sofia. From 1967 to 1980, he studied philosophy, history and social sciences in Sofia and Leipzig. He teaches philosophy, cultural studies...

• Alenka Zdešar Ćirilović

  Fiction Non-Fiction Italian Serbian Slovene Serbia

  Alenka Zdešar Ćirilović, born in 1950 in Ljubljana, studied Italian at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Belgrade. She is a member of the Serbian Association of Literary Translators...

• Đoko Zdraveski

  Fiction Macedonian North Macedonia

  Đoko Zdraveski is the translator of Lejla Kalamujić’s short-story collection Nennt mich Esteban, translated from the Bosnian into Macedonian.

• Rebekka Zeinzinger

  Fiction German Austria

  Rebekka Zeinzinger was born in 1992 in Lower Austria. She studied German, History and Comparative Literature in Vienna and Geneva. In addition, she completed several internships in different publishing houses...