Juraj Koudela

Juraj Koudela (born 1977) studied Slovak language and literature in combination with Polish language and literature. He worked in various corporate jobs in Slovakia and Poland. He brought his passion for Polish literature to fruition by helping introduce Polish literary reportage to Slovak readers, co-founding the publishing house Absynt with Filip Ostrowski in 2014. For Absynt, he translated several books from Polish (Paweł Smoleński: Eyes Covered with Sand, 2015; Wojciech Jagielski: Night Wanderers, 2016; Witold Szabłowski: The Assassin from the Apricot City, 2017; Wojciech Jagielski: All Lara’s Wars, 2019 and East of the West, 2021). In literature, he values authorial style and play with form. The Cult of the Lynx is his literary debut, illustrated by artist Tomáš Klepoch.