Veronika Simoniti
Veronika Simoniti is a Slovenian writer. She studied Italian and French Studies at university, which led her to work for several years as a freelance translator. She started writing scripts and stories at Radio Slovenia. Her first published story “Metuljev zaliv” won first prize in a Literatura magazine competition. Her debut collection of stories was titled Zasukane štorije. It was nominated as best debut of the year in 2006, and it also won Dnevnik newspaper's 2007 Fabula Award.
Simoniti's second collection Hudičev jezik appeared in 2011, followed by the novel Kameno seme in 2014. Kameno seme was nominated for the Kresnik Award for the best Slovenian novel of the year. Her work has appeared in several anthologies: Delo newspaper's “Summer Stories” collections for 2006 and 2012; the English-language collection of Slovenian short stories A Lazy Sunday Afternoon and another anthology of Slovenian authors Kliči me po imenu. Her work has also been translated in numerous European languages.
Simoniti won the 2020 Kresnik Prize for her novel Ivana Before the Sea.