Born 1972 · Slovakia
Anasoft litera 2024 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“The Second Black Notebook”
Richard Pupala · 51 when first published
Short stories · 268 pages · Speculative · Čierny zošit, book 2
AI-generated summary:Horror stories set among the tower blocks of Bratislava's Petržalka, in the Slovak countryside and in a dark forest on a summer night, each turning on a moment when something mysterious breaks into everyday reality.
Anasoft litera 2021 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“Women and Men, Animals”
Richard Pupala · 48 when first published
Short stories · 173 pages
AI-generated summary:Thirteen stories of people who are lonely in their own ways, in broken or failing relationships or carrying old traumas, from a teenage girl growing up on a housing estate to ageing men and women.
Anasoft litera 2015 · Finalist
Title translated by AI:“Visits”
Richard Pupala · 42 when first published
Short stories · 189 pages · Family
AI-generated summary:Short stories and sketches about children and parents, sons and daughters, wives and husbands, grandparents and grandchildren, in which every story told is a kind of visit.