Born 1982 · Slovakia
Anasoft litera 2026 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“Other Thoughts”
Ivana Dobrakovová · 43 when first published
Short stories · 176 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:A girl in her first relationship, a mother and a daughter tormenting each other with food, an expat forbidden to talk to Italians, a mistress, a teacher and a psychiatrist, all unsettled by thoughts they would rather not have.
Anasoft litera 2019 · Finalist
Matky a kamionisti
Ivana Dobrakovová · 36 when first published
Novel · 236 pages
AI-generated summary:The intertwined lives of four women, two Slovaks and two Italians, in Bratislava and Turin, and their relationships with mothers and with truck drivers, virtual, all too real or none at all.
Anasoft litera 2014 · Finalist
Ivana Dobrakovová · 31 when first published
Short stories · 188 pages · Migration
AI-generated summary:Young Slovak women look for their place abroad and in relationships with foreigners, later discovering the joys and burdens of motherhood and mixed feelings towards other mothers.
Anasoft litera 2011 · Finalist
Bellevue
Ivana Dobrakovová · 28 when first published
Novel · 219 pages
AI-generated summary:Nineteen-year-old Blanka spends a summer as a volunteer at Bellevue, a centre for people with physical disabilities in Marseille, but her attempts to help and to connect give way to depression and growing paranoia.
Anasoft litera 2010 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“The First Death in the Family”
Ivana Dobrakovová · 27 when first published
Short stories · 164 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Stories about intimate and family relationships, above all a daughter's difficult bond with her father, whose young heroine faces illness, death, mental disorders and fears of her own body.