Tatjana Jamnik

1976, Slovenia

Tatjana T. Jamnik was born in 1976 in Ljubljana. She is a poet, writer, literary translator, editor, publisher and organizer of literary events in Slovenia and other countries. She graduated in Slovenian language and literature at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana. In 2009 she published the poetry collection Brez (Without), at the moment preparing a short story collection Neznosna lahkost lahkost (Unbearable lightness lightness). Her poems and short stories were published in Slovenian and foreign literary journals and anthologies, they were translated into English, Czech, French, Croatian, Japanese, German, Polish, Slovak and Serbian language. She earns her livelihood by translating Czech and Polish literature (in 2009 she received an award for best young translator), editing and proof-reading literature, and teaching Slovenian as a foreign language. She is a chair of Polica Dubova Cultural and Artistic Association. Together with Slovenian poets Taja Kramberger and Barbara Korun she established the KONS International Literary Award® in 2011.