Katja Perat

Katja Perat (1988) is one of the leading voices of her generation. Her first poetry collection The Best Have Fallen (Najboljši so padli) came out in 2011 and received both the Best Debut Award and the Kritiško sito Award, bestowed by the Slovenian Literary Critics’ Association for best book of the year. Her second book of poetry Value-Added Tax (Davek na dodano vrednost, 2014) was again extremely well received. She has a PhD in comparative literature from the Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and currently teaches at Iḷisaġvik College in Alaska. The Masochist (Mazohistka), published in 2018, is her first novel.

Awards and nominations

Best Debut Award of the Slovenian Book Fair 2011
Kritiško sito Award for best book of the year 2012
Shortlisted for the Jenko Award for best poetry collection 2012, 2014
Longlisted for the Kresnik Award for best novel of the year 2019
Longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award 2022

Books by Katja Perat

The Masochist

Mazohistka

Katja Perat