United Kingdom
Guest of the book fair Svět knihy Praha 2025
Julia studied Slavonic and English studies at the universities of Cologne, Munich and London. London is also where she lives. Since 2010, she has been translating and promoting Slovak literature, and together with her husband Peter Sherwood, she has translated the works of many Slovak authors. She also translates from Czech and Polish into English and from English, Russian and Polish into Slovak. She edits The Slovak List for Seagull Books. She was a freelance editor of the Asymptote literary journal for ten years and hosted the podcast interviews LIT_CAST Slovakia for the Slovak Literary Centre between 2020–2021. She also promotes Slovak literature through presentations and on SlovakLiterature.com.
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Book World Prague 2025
13:00 - 13:50
Univerzita Karlova, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Diskuze o dvou dílech poválečné slovenské beletrie – Laholově "Poslední věci" a Bednárových "Hodinách a minutách", která zpochybňují obecně přijímané představy o...
Sunday, 18. 5. 2025
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