Dana Podracká

12. 10. 2019

(Slovakia)

Dana Podracká (1954) is a Slovak poet and essayist. She published poetry books Mesačná milenka (1981), Zimní hostia (1984), Rubikon (1988), Grizly v spiacom dome (1991), Písmo (1993), Hriech (1996), Meno (1999), Vysoká zver (2001), Kazematy (2004), Persona & Morfeus (2007), Kupola (selected poems – 2008), Slovenské elégie (2011), Kubus (2014) and Paternoster (2018) and essay books Mytológia súkromia (1995), Paradiso 1998), Bytostné stretnutie (2000), Slovenské tabu (2001), Jazyky z draka. Mytológia slovenských rozprávok (2002), Pani Cogito. Mýtus o celistvosti (2005), Zielpunkt. Mýtus o vernosti (2005), Hystéria siberiana (2009) and Zatykač na Štúra (2015). She also writes books for children. Her poems were translated into numerous languages and awarded various literary prizes.