Maša Kolanović

Maša Kolanović is a multi-genre writer. Her works include the poetry collection Pijavice za usamljene (Leeches for the lonely) (2001), the novel Sloboština Barbie (Underground Barbie) (2008), the prose poem Jamerika (2013), and the short story collection Poštovani kukci i druge jezive priče (Dear pests and other chilling stories) (2019). The latter received the 2020 EU Prize for Literature, the Pula Book Fair Audience Award, and the Vladimir Nazor Prize for Literature. She is an associate professor in the Department of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb.