Slavenka Drakulic

Zagreb, 1949. Journalist, essayist and novelist. From 1982 to 1992, she was a staff writer for the Start bi-weekly newspaper and news weekly Danas in Zagreb, writing mainly on feminist issues. After a great professional career, Drakulic temporarily left Croatia in the early 1990s for political reasons. Her noted works relate to the Yugoslav wars. She writes in serbo-croatian an in english. Her books has been translated into more than 15 languages. Drakulic is one of the most read author from Croatia. She graduated in Sociology and Compared Literature for the University in Zagreb.

Interview: Berta Ares Yáñez

PhD in Humanities from Pompeu Fabra University, she is a researcher and cultural journalist. She collaborates with media such as El País, Jot Down, Letras Libres and Mercurio, among others. ‘La leyenda del santo bebedor, legado y testamento de Joseph Roth is her first book.