Andrej Blatnik

Andrej Blatnik (Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1963) holds a PhD in communication studies. He teaches creative writing and book studies. He has published eleven books in Slovenia and seventeen abroad, in English, German, Spanish, French, Czech, Slovakian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Turkish, and Croatian. Blatnik’s latest novel is "Spremeni me" ("Change me", 2008) and latest collection of short stories "Saj razumeš?" ("You Do Understand?", 2009), forthcoming in English from Dalkey Archive Press in 2010. He won some major Slovenian literary awards. He enjoys traveling, always on a shoestring. A list of his publications, along with some samples, is available at www.andrejblatnik.com.