European Union Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2015) Winner
Svetlana Žuchová
スヴェトラナ・ジュホヴァ
Svetlana Žuchová
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1976-12-01 （Bratislava, Slovakia）
- Nationality
- Slovak
- Languages
- Slovak, Czech, English, German
- Residence History
- Bratislava (born) → Prague (worked) → Munich, Germany (worked)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, translator, psychiatrist
- Active Years
- 2003-
- Influenced By
- Ivan Žuch (father, psychiatrist and writer)
- Nominations
- Yesim — Anasoft Litera (shortlist), Zlodeji a svedkovia (Thieves and Witnesses) — Anasoft Litera (shortlist), Obrazy zo života M. (Scenes from the Life of M.) — Anasoft Litera (shortlist)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Vienna | Faculty of Medicine | Medicine / Psychology-related studies | — | — | Austria |
| Comenius University (Bratislava) | Faculty of Medicine | Medicine / Psychology-related studies | — | — | Slovakia |
University of Vienna
Faculty of Medicine
/ Medicine / Psychology-related studies
Country:
Austria
Reported to have studied medicine at the University of Vienna
Comenius University (Bratislava)
Faculty of Medicine
/ Medicine / Psychology-related studies
Country:
Slovakia
Reported to have studied at Comenius University in Bratislava
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Ivan Krasko Prize | Dulce de Leche (short story collection) | — | — | winner |
| 2015 | EU Prize for Literature | Obrazy zo života M. (Scenes from the Life of M.) | — | — | winner |
| — | Poviedka (Slovak short story competition) | — | — | — | winner (複数回) |
Ivan Krasko Prize
2003
Work:
Dulce de Leche (short story collection)
Result:
winner
EU Prize for Literature
2015
Work:
Obrazy zo života M. (Scenes from the Life of M.)
Result:
winner
Poviedka (Slovak short story competition)
Result:
winner (複数回)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dulce de Leche
2003 short story collectionA collection of short stories by Svetlana Žuchová dealing with displacement, loss and fragile identities.
displacementbereavementidentity
Yesim
2006 novelA novel portraying human relationships and personal trajectories against the background of immigrant communities.
immigrationcultural clashpersonal renewal
Thieves and Witnesses
2011 novelA story about relationships, memory and testimony, depicting facets of contemporary Slovak society.
memorywitnessingsocial portrait
Scenes from the Life of M.
2013 novelA novel focused on fragmented memories and movement, sensitively portraying immigrants, loneliness and loss; winner of the EU Prize for Literature.
movementlonelinessbereavementmemory
Translations
- Marisia. Frammenti di una vita (Italian translation)
Bibliography
- Dulce de Leche (2003)
- Yesim (2006)
- Zlodeji a svedkovia (Thieves and Witnesses) (2011)
- Obrazy zo života M. (Scenes from the Life of M.) (2013)
Translations by Author
- Michel Faber (translations)
- Sarah Kane (translations)
- Sophie Kinsella (translations)
- Sabine Thiesler (translations)
Translations of Works
- Obrazy zo života M. → Marisia. Frammenti di una vita (Italian translation by Tiziana D'Amico for Mimesis)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- sensitive psychological描写realist approachfragmentary narration
- Recurring Motifs
- displacement and diasporaloss and bereavementfragments of memory
Legacy
Recognized as one of the notable contemporary Slovak writers, gaining international attention after winning the EU Prize for Literature. Praised for a keen perspective on migration and bereavement.
Academic Societies
- Slovak Literary Centre (associated)
Trivia
- Her father Ivan Žuch is a psychiatrist who has written literature, poems and essays.
- Her short story collection Dulce de Leche won the Ivan Krasko Prize.
- Her novel Obrazy zo života M. won the EU Prize for Literature in 2015.
- Reported to practice as a psychiatrist in a hospital in Germany.
- Married to an American physicist.