Andrej Blatnik (1963, Ljubljana) jedan je od najpoznatijih i najprevođenijih savremenih slovenačkih pisaca. Objavio je romane: Baklje i suze (1987), Tao ljubavi (1996), Promeni me (2008); knjige priča: Buketi za Adama venu (1983), Biografije bezimenih (1989), Promene koža (1990), Zakon želje (2000) i Kapiraš? (2009); knjige studija i eseja: Papirni lavirinti (1994), Gledanje preko ramena (1996), Neonski pečati (2005); kao i udžbenik Pisanje kratke priče (2010). Blatnikove kratke priče prevedene su na više od trideset jezika. Prevodi njegovih knjiga izlaze kod uglednih inostranih izdavača. Piše radio drame i prevodi s engleskog (Anais Nin, Stiven King, Silvija Plat, Pol Bouls). Dobitnik je Zlatne ptice (1984), Župančičeve nagrade (1991) i nagrade Prešernovog sklada (2002) i učesnik brojnih književnih festivala i programa za pisce. Roman Promeni me bio je među pet romana u finalu za nagradu Kresnik za najbolji slovenački roman 2009. godine. Dosad je objavljen na pet jezika.

Studirao je opštu književnost, sociologiju kulture, američku književnost i komunikologiju. Radi kao urednik Cankarjeve založbe i predaje na Katedri za Bibliotekarstvo, informatiku i izdavaštvo na Filozofskom fakultetu u Ljubljani. Od 2007. do 2015. godine bio je predsednik žirija srednjoevropske nagrade Vilenica.

Priče iz knjige Kapiraš? uvrštene su u antologiju Best European Fiction 2010, koju je uredio Aleksandar Hemon, i antologiju Short: Five Centuries of Short Short Stories, a knjiga je ovjenčana i uglednom ruskom nagradom Premje Jugda za najbolju slovensku knjigu 2016. godine.

Andrej Blatnik (1963) is working as an editor and as an Associate Professor of Publishing Studies at the University of Ljubljana. He appeared on numerous literary festivals around the globe such as PEN World Voices in New York City, Toronto International Festival of Authors, Jaipur Literary Festival and Cosmopolis in Barcelona, and was a participant of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA, in 1993. He received various fellowships, including Fulbright. He still loves to read and travel.

Andrej Blatnik has published five novels, six collections of short stories, five books of cultural studies and a how-to book on writing short stories. He won some major awards (the award of the city of Ljubljana, Zlata ptica, the highest award for young artists, the Slovenian national state award, Prešeren Fund, and the Russian best Slavic book of short fiction ‘Jugra’ award in 2016 among them). His stories were translated into more than 40 languages and published in magazines and various anthologies including Best European Fiction 2010 (Dalkey Archive Press 2010) and Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short Short Stories (Persea Books 2014). He has around 40 books in translation in 15 languages, including six in Croatian and Macedonian, four in English and German, three in Serbian and Turkish, two in Spanish and Czech, others in French, Hungarian, Slovakian, Russian, Odia, Malayalam…