Lit in Translation

Veronika Simoniti

Born 1967 · Slovenia

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Kresnik 2020 · Winner

    Ivana pred morjem

    Title translated by AI:“Ivana before the Sea”

    Veronika Simoniti · 52 when first published

    Novel · 173 pages · Family, Historical, War

    AI-generated summary:A nameless narrator returns from Paris to the Slovenian coast to clear out the family house by the sea for sale, and through old letters and a photograph from 1943 uncovers the life of her grandmother Ivana.

  • No English yet

    Kresnik 2015 · Shortlist

    Kameno seme

    Title translated by AI:“Stone Seed”

    Veronika Simoniti · 47 when first published

    Novel · 234 pages · Family

    AI-generated summary:Paloma, now a grown woman, returns to her family's summer house on an imaginary Croatian island and writes down her memories of one summer, which began when a local woman threw a stone into a crowd of foreigners at a party.