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Jana Beňová is a Slovakian poet and novelist. She studied at the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bratislava, graduating with a degree in dramaturgy in 1998. She wrote for a number of local publications, including Dotyky, Fragment and Slovenské Pohľady. She also worked for the daily newspaper SME under a pseudonym. At present, she works at the Theatre Institute in Bratislava.
Her first book of poems Svetloplachý came out in 1993, followed by further collections Lonochod and Nehota. She wrote a novel called Parker, and a collection of short stories, DvanásÅ¥ poviedok a Ján Med. In 2008, she published Plán odprevádzania, subtitled Café Hyena. This book won the EU Prize for Literature. She has written another novel called PreÄ! PreÄ!
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