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Uršuľa Kovalyk

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Kosice, Slovakia

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Uršuľa Kovalyk is a fiction writer and playwright. She is the co-founder and director of Theatre Without a Home, which works with the homeless and the disabled. She is a leading voice in the contemporary feminist literary discourse in Slovakia. Her work focuses on female characters often living unfulfilled and austere lives under the pressure of a patriarchal society, and more recently, on environmental issues and aging. Her works have been translated into nine languages. She has published several collections of short stories and a novel, The Equestrienne (2013), shortlisted for Slovakia’s most prestigious literary prize, the Anasoft Litera Award, which received the Bibliotéka Prize for 2013. Her most recent collection of short stories, A P ...more

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Average rating: 3.59 · 655 ratings · 124 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Equestrienne 3.49 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2013 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neverné ženy neznášajú vajíčka 4.24 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	امرأة للبيع by Uršuľa Kovalyk, خالد البلتاجي (Translator ) 3.27 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Night Circus and Other Stories 3.46 avg rating — 46 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Travesty šou 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex po slovensky by Dušan Taragel (Editor/Author), Balla, Jarmila Mikušová 3.38 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dohviezdny večer by Mirka Ábelová, Peter Balko, Jana Bodnárová 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Čisté zviera by Uršuľa Kovalyk, Kristína Minčíková (Illustrator) 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obyčejný mrtvý otec by Uršuľa Kovalyk, Tomáš Weiss (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Femme de seconde main: Roman décalé 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We swapped our barbed wire cage for one made of gold.”
― Uršuľa Kovalyk, The Equestrienne

tags: communism, freedom, politics

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