Bodnárová Jana (1950, Slovakia) is a Slovak writer, poet, dramatist. Her debut Aféra rozumu (An affair of reason) received the Ivan Krasko Award, the children’s book Dita the Library’s Women’s Award, and the novel Náhrdelník/Obojok (Necklace/Collar) the Literary Academy Award. The theater play Kurz orientálneho tanca (Course of Oriental Dance) took first prize in the competition DRAMA. Excerpts from her writing have been translated into many European languages, Arabic, Hindi, and Persian.
