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V2-2010.PM52306/13/100, 12:14 PMVeronika Šikulová se je rodila leta 1967 v Modri na Slovaškem kot hčerkapisatelja in dramatika Vincenta Šikule. Pisateljica kratkih zgodb, pesnica,novinarka in knjižničarka je bila po končanem študiju novinarstva naFilozofski fakulteti Univerze Komenskega v Bratislavi zaposlena v uredništvurevij Literárny týždenník (Literarni tednik) in Novy čas (Novi čas),v uredništvu dnevnika Meridian in kot lektorica v Muzeju Ľudovíta Štúra.Za knjižni prvenec Odtiene (Odtenki, 1997) je prejela nagrado IvanaKráska. Tej nagrajeni zbirki kratkih zgodb sta sledili še knjigi Z obloka(Skozi okno, 1999) in Mesačná dúha (Mesečeva mavrica, 2003). Napisalaje tudi knjigo za otroke To mlieko má horúčku (Mleko ima vročino, 2006),njena najnovejša zbirka kratkih zgodb z naslovom Domček jedným ťahom(Hišica v eni potezi) pa je izšla leta 2009. Prozo (in poezijo) objavljav različnih slovaških literarnih revijah, nekaj njenih zgodb pa je izšlo tudiv literarnih zbornikih in revijah v Avstriji, Srbiji in na Poljskem. Trenutnoživi in dela v Pezinku, kjer v tamkajšnji Malokarpatski knjižnici skrbi zaoddelek za mladinsko književnost.Veronika Šikulová was born in 1967 in Modra, Slovakia, as the daughter ofthe author and playwright Vincent Šikula. The short story writer, poet,journalist and librarian studied journalism at the Faculty of Arts of theComenius University in Bratislava. After graduation, she was part of theeditorial boards of the Literárny týždenník (Literary Journal) and Novyčas (New Times) magazines, the daily newspaper Meridian, and she hasalso worked as a proofreader at the Ľudovít Štúr Museum. Her literarydebut Odtiene (Shades, 1997) won her the Ivan Krasko Prize. This awardwinningbook of short stories was followed by two other collections: Zobloka (Through the Window, 1999) and Mesačná dúha (Moon Rainbow,2003). She has also written a children’s book To mlieko má horúčku (ThisMilk Has Fever, 2006), while her most recent collection of short storiesentitled Domček jedným ťahom (A Little House with One Stroke Only)was published in 2009. She has been publishing her prose (and poetry aswell) in various Slovak literary magazines, and some of her short storieshave also been featured in various Austrian, Serbian, and Polish literaryjournals and anthologies. Today she lives in Pezinok, where she takes careof the youth literature section of the local Malé Karpaty Library.230