Alena Mornštajnova (1963) češka je spisateljica, prevodilac i profesorica engleskog jezika. Diplomirala je engleski i češki jezik na Fakultetu umjetnosti Univerziteta u Ostravi. Trenutno je najprodavanija spisateljica u Češkoj. Autorka je pet uspješnih knjiga i za svoj debitantski roman Slijepa mapa (Slepá mapa 2013.), koji je napisala s 50 godina, bila je u užem izboru za nagradu Češka knjiga 2014. godine.

Nakon toga izdala je roman Mali hotel (Hotýlek) 2015. godine. Roman Hana objavljen 2017. godine je imao najveći uspjeh i postao veliki hit na društvenim mrežama. Roman je nagrađen dvjema nagradama: Češkom knjigom (2017, u kategorijama Glavna nagrada i Studentska nagrada) i nagradom Databáze knih (u kategorijama Knjiga godine i Nova knjiga, 2017).

Njen novi roman Tihe godine (Tiché roky, 2019.)  intimna je porodična drama, a prodat je u 35 000 primjeraka. Roman Tihe godine je 2019. godine bio knjiga godine na konkursu Čitanje vas menja (Čteni te meni) – u kategoriji Društveni roman, kao i pobjednik za 2019. godinu.

Njena prva knjiga za djecu, Straša mali duh (Strašidylko straša), sa ilustracijama Galine Miklinove, takođe je bila veoma popularna među čitaocima. Knjiga je nominovana za Zlatnu traku 2018.

Alena Mornštajnova takođe piše kratke priče – Devojka iz grada između zelenih brda( Divka z mesta mezi zelenymi kopci) dio je antologije kratkih priča Grad između zelenih brda (Mesto mezi zelenymi kopci) . Romane Alene Mornštajnove objavljuje Host i ona je nesumnjivo jedan od njegovih vodećih i najpopularnijih pisaca. Njena su djela prodata u 230 000 primjeraka i prevedena na 12 jezika. Prava za film prodata su produkcijskoj kući Happy Celluloid.

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Alena Mornštajnova (1963) is a Czech writer, translator and English teacher. She graduated in English and Czech at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava. She is currently the best-selling writer in the Czech Republic. She is the author of five successful books and for her debut novel Blind map (Slepá mapa 2013), which she wrote at the age of 50, she was shortlisted for the 2014 Czech Book Award.

After that, she published the novel Small Hotel (Hotýlek) in 2015. The novel Hana published in 2017 was the most successful and became a big hit on social networks. The novel was awarded two prizes: the Czech Book (2017, in the categories Main Prize and Student Prize) and the Databáze Book Prize (in the categories Book of the Year and New Book, 2017).

Her new novel Quiet years (Tiché roky) (2019) is an intimate family drama, and has sold 35,000 copies. The novel Quiet years was the book of the year in 2019 at the competition Reading changes me (Čteni te meni) - in the Social novel category, as well as the winner for 2019.

Her first children's book, Strašidylko straša, with illustrations by Galina Miklinova, was also very popular among readers. The book was nominated for the Golden Ribbon 2018.

Alena Mornštajnova also writes short stories - The Girl from the City Between the Green Hills (Divka z mesta mezi zelenymi kopci) is part of the anthology of short stories The City Between the Green Hills (Mesto mezi zelenymi kopci) Alena Mornštajnova's novels are published by Host and she is undoubtedly one of its leading and most popular writers. Her works have sold 230,000 copies and been translated into 12 languages. The rights to the film were sold to the production company Happy Celluloid.