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Alexandra Salmela

7. 11. 1980
Bratislava
Genre:
children's and ya books (religious), general fiction, ya and children's books, literature & criticism
Birth name:
Alexandra Balážová
Home country:
Finland

Salmela was the first person without a Finnish citizenship to win the prestigiousHelsingin SanomatLiterature Prizefor her debut27 čiže smrť robí umelca(27 – Death Makes the Artist, 2010). She has written the children’s booksPrincezná opica(The Monkey Princess, 2012) andŽirafia mama a iné príšery(The Giraffe’s Mother and Other Monsters, 2013) and co-authoredMimi a Líza(2013) andMimi a Líza 2(2015). Her utopian novelAntihrdina(Antihero, 2017) has made into the ten finalists for Anasoft Litera 2018.

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