Peter Krištúfek

Peter Krištúfek was a Slovak novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter and film director. He attended Film and Television Faculty at Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, where he received a degree in Film and Television Directing. He has directed authorial feature-length documentary Momentky about Slovak musician Dežo Ursíny, feature-length television movie Dlhá krátka noc and more than twenty authorial documentary films made for television. Most recently, he has written and directed psychological drama Viditeľný svet (Visible World), his feature film debut.Three-time finalist of both Slovak short story competition Poviedka (in 2000, 2002 and 2004) and the most prestigious literary award Anasoft litera (in 2009, 2011 and 2013), Peter Krištúfek was an author of three short story collections, four novels, one novella and one collection of poems. Excerpt from his satirical novel Šepkár (The Prompter) was featured in an annual anthology Best European Fiction 2010, edited by Aleksandar Hemon. English translation of his novel Dom hluchého (The House of the Deaf Man) was published by Parthian in summer 2014.His writing has appeared in various newspapers and magazines in Slovakia (Denník N, SME, Pravda, RAK, Romboid, etc.), Czech Republic (Babylon, Revue Labyrint) and Poland (Tekstualia). He has also contributed to numerous Slovak and foreign anthologies (Miniromány; Kleine Sprachen, Grosse Literaturen 2011; Den Spiegel Bewegen etc.).