Dana Podracká, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Dana Podracká

Slovak writer

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1954

Place of Birth: Banská Štiavnica, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Profession: writer, poet, journalist

Nationality: Slovakia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Dana Podracká

  • Dana Podracká (born 9 March 1954) is a Slovak writer.
  • She is considered one of the leading women poets in Slovakia.She was born in Banská Štiavnica and was educated there, going on to study psychology at Comenius University.
  • Podracká worked at the Psychological Institute and as an editor at the Slovenský spisovatel publishing house.
  • In 1991, she began work for the weekly literary journal Literárny týždenník, later becoming deputy chief editor.She published her first collection of poetry Mesacná milenka (Moon lover) in 1981; it received the Ivan Krasko Prize for best new work.
  • Her poems have appeared in translation in various literary journals and anthologies.
  • She received the Witold Hulewicz Prize in 2004.

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