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Selma Skenderović

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Selma Skenderović
Born(2001-06-09)9 June 2001
Nationality Slovenia
Occupations
  • writer
  • poet
  • slovenist

Selma Skenderović is Bosniak descent Slovene writer, poet and slovenist.

Life

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She was born in present-day Kosovo. At the age of nine, she moved to Slovenia with her parents.

She is studying Slovene and comparative studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. She publishes prose and poetry in various anthologies and other platforms.

In 2021, she published her first work of short prose Why Are You Silent, Hava? (Zakaj molčiš, Hava?) which has been translated into several languages (English, Montenegrin, Bosnian). It was translated into English by Andreja Šalamon Verbič.[1] This book has been selected for the project Readers of Europe 2022.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Why Are You Silent, Hava?". jskd. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "Readers of Europe 2022 – Slovenian recommendation". consiliumeurope. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
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