Hanišová Viktorie

Viktorie Hanišová (b. 1980) debuted in 2015 with the well-received novel Anežka, about the dysfunctional relationship of a mother and her adoptive daughter, concealed racism and stereotyping. Her novel Houbařka (The Mushroom Gatherer, 2018) looks at trauma in childhood and domestic violence. The loose trilogy of novels addressing motherhood and trauma was completed in 2019 by Rekonstrukce (Reconstruction), which is about coming to terms with a parent’s suicide. The short story collection Dlouhá trať (A Long Track), which addresses the theme of suicide, appeared in 2020. In the Spring 2021, the book of interviews on thrift and sustainable city living Beton a hlína (Concrete and Clay) was published. Viktorie Hanišová is a graduate in English and German from Charles University, Prague. She works as a translator and language teacher.

Works translated into: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, German, Greek, Italian, Latvian, Macedonian, Polish, Serbian and Spanish. Rights sold to Albania and India/UK.

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