Maja Novak

Maja Novak (born 23 April 1960) is a Slovenian writer, translator and journalist.She has published four novels: Izza kongresa, ali umor v teritorialnih vodah (Behind the Congress, or Murder in Territorial Waters, 1993), Cimre (Roommates, 1995), Kafarnaum (Capernaum, 1998), and Mačja kuga (The Feline Plague, 2000), as well as the collection of short prose Zverinjad (Wild Beasts, 1996) and three books for children.[2] Her novel Mačja kuga (The Feline Plague) has been praised as a literary masterpiece.[3] She has translated authors from French (such as Gaston Leroux), Italian (such as Alessandro Baricco, Susanna Tamaro, and Giacomo Casanova), Serbian (such as Vladimir Arsenijević), and English (such as Helen Fielding, Alain de Botton, and Terry Pratchett).[4] She writes a regular op-ed column in the weekly left-wing current affairs magazine Mladina.
JeseniceSocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaSocialist Republic of SloveniaNova Goricaplanned townYugoslavItalianUniversity of LjubljanaJordanLjubljanaGaston LerouxAlessandro BariccoSusanna TamaroGiacomo CasanovaVladimir ArsenijevićHelen FieldingAlain de BottonTerry PratchettMladina