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The jury of this year's Anasoft Litera Award, the most prestigious prize for a work of fiction, has announced its 10 finalists. The jurors have made their selectionout ofǴǰ.
After long discussions, they picked the followingbooks, listed here in alphabetical order according to authors' surnames:
Bodnárová, Jana, Patchwork v bielej, Aspekt 2022
Juhász, Jakub, PS, RUBATO 2022
Liptáková, Slavka, Krajina matiek, Petrus 2022
Martinčok, Dušo, Niekto sa nájde, Zrejme 2022
Moravčíková, Dominika, Dom pre jeleňa, KK Bagala 2022
Rosová, Michaela, Nepokojní spáči, Artforum 2022
Spevák, Jakub, Po funuse, KK Bagala 2022
Šikulová, Veronika, Líštičky majú rady teplo, Vydavateľstvo SLOVART 2022
Taragel, Dušan, Mafiánske balady, Vydavateľstvo SLOVART 2022
Uriková, Soňa, Dôvod na radosť, KK Bagala 2022
Among the nominees isVeronikaŠikulováwho received theAnasoft Litera Award in2015 for her short stories collectionMedzerový plod.
Anasoft Litera 2023 is judged byjournalist Denisa Ballová, literary scientist and university professor Zuzana Bariaková, poet, prose writer, translator and children's books authorPetr Borkovec, literary scientist andjournalist Magdalena Bystrzak, and translator and editorRenáta Deák.
The jury said about their selection that "theseare books of different authorial approach. We were pleased with precise miniatures and strong short fiction;there was, however, also a succesful family sagaand high quality genre literature. This year presents a colorful gender perspective and the selectedtitles engage with topics like otherness, loneliness and fragility of theindividual, as well as generational dynamics in rural or urban communities. (...) This year's TOP 10 offers fiction that is widely readable, but also fiction that challenges the reader – it's a steep scale and wethe jury take pride in that. (...)"
