Katarína Kucbelová

Katarína Kucbelová is a Slovak poet and author. She studied scriptwriting and dramaturgy at the Bratislava Academy of Performing Arts before publishing her first books of poetry, which won multiple accolades in her homeland. Her first work of prose, Čepiec (The Bonnet), came out in 2019, and was shortlisted for Slovakia's most important literary award, the Anasoft Litera. Her second book of prose, Modrosleposť (Chasing Blue), followed in 2023, and was likewise shortlisted for the prize. Her most recent collection of poetry, k bielej (Whitewards), released in 2022, won the Golden Wave Prize for poetry and the Václav Burian Award. Her work has been translated into numerous languages. She lives in Bratislava with her family.