TAMARA HERIBANOVÁ

 Slovak writer, journalist                   and              presenter

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born May 6, 1985, Bratislava her mother Alena is a presenter and her dad Jozef is a

writer she has a five years old younger sister

LIFE

she spent her student years in Austria as a teenager she was already combining photographs

and paintings with texts and written appeals, followed by columns,reviews and short stories

at the age of seventeen her short story concerning World War Two was published in the book Jugendliche schreiben gegen das Vergessen (2003)

she studied Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Vienna and graduated from Literature and German studies in Utrecht in the Netherlands

three years later she graduated at the University in Bratislava, holding a diploma in Marketing

Communications her final thesis called Testimonial Marketing was innovative

and rare, the first of its kind in Slovakia it was published in the collection Reklama 10 in 2010

at Comenius University in Bratislava Tamara is a postgraduate at the Institute of World Literature of

the Slovak Academy of Sciences

during her studies she was contributing to numerous Slovak magazines

she is working as an editor for a monthly magazine EMMA, while publishing interviews and articles in the Czech version of the magazine ELLE and in a bimonthly magazine concerning young literature and art called Dotyky (Touches), where she also holds the position of a member of an editorial board since 2013

WORK

she presented the television programmeTRIDENTITY, a live broadcasting on ORF in May 2004 when Slovakia and the Czech Republic joined the European Union

than she worked on the Regional television TV BA (Bratislava), where she presented Metropolitný magazín (Metropolitan magazine)

on TV Markiza she presented a programme called Tele- ráno (Tele-morning), where she talked news about books, talked about reviews and interesting facts about writers

on STV (Slovak Television) Tamara presented TV series Ranný magazín (Morning magazine), and a life style programme Zmenáreň (Exchange office)

TV CAREER

Tamara is one of the most talented young Slovak novelists

her short stories were translated and published in anthologies and magazines in Austria, the Netherlands,Serbia, the Czech Republic and Taiwan

BOOKS

her debut novel she introduced the world of media, false corrupted people in the show business and today’s generation

PREDAVAČKY BUBLÍN (BUBBLE SELLERS)

describes fear from intensive feelings and analyses the question of inner freedom

BOLA TO LEN LÁSKA (IT WAS ONLY LOVE)

MISIA EVA, PRÍSNE TAJNÉ (MISSION EVA, 

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL) is full of love, fragile children’s world where the

strength is based on true values and good-heartedness apart from the hard copy there is an

electronic interactive application of games,designed for tablets

in 2012 book was awarded with The most beautiful Slovak book in the category of literature for children and teenagers

in 2013 the book won the third place in a readers’ poll Knižná revue

the book became the topic of dozens of talks, reading sessions and workshops at schools and librariesin Slovakia

this book is the sequel to Misia Eva,prísne tajná the main character Eva has fulfilled the mission, but she

has another one big dream this mission is full of adventure and

love

MISIA EVA V THAJSKU(MISSION EVA IN

THAILAND)

Little ice age is about unrequited love and four women - mother and three daughters, who during their childhood hadn't a lot of tenderness, love and appreciation, which affect them in adulthood

MALÁ DOBA ĽADOVÁ(LITTLE ICE AGE)

Tamara cooperated on the books Príbehy v znamení túžby (Tales in the Name of Passion) and V dobrom aj v zlom an ešte v horšom (In good and bad times and even worse times) - for the project AVON against the domestic violence

Tamara is a member of the Slovak PEN Centre and stands behind the project Knihobežník (A Book Runner), which is based on the idea of reading a bookand giving it to somebody else

Being the first, Tamara donated her book Predavačkybublín (Bubble Sellers) to the project

OUR MEETING

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