Mojca Kumerdej

Mojca Kumerdej (1964) is a writer and an arts critic focusing particularly on dance art. She studied Philosophy and Sociology of Culture at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana. She has been writing articles for various intellectual and arts-related Slovenian magazines such as Problemi, the former Razgledi and Maska, and for the daily newspaper Delo in particular. Her articles, columns, interviews, and critique published in Delo are considered as sophisticated records about modern dance, theatre, performance art, film, and literature. Her debut novel Krst nad Triglavom (The Baptism above Mount Triglav) was published in 2001. It was followed by a book of short stories titled Fragma (2003) and the collection of short prose Temna snov (Dark Matter, 2011). Her short stories have been translated into many languages and were also features in two anthologies of Slovenian short prose. She received the '"Crystal Vilenica" prize in 2006.