Gabriela Babnik (rođena 1979.) slovenska je spisateljica, književna kritičarka i prevodilac. Objavila je tri romana, a njena novinarska, književna i filmska kritika redovno izlazi u nacionalnim novinama i časopisima u Sloveniji. Babnik je rođena u Njemačkoj 1979. Studirala je komparativnu književnost na Sveučilištu u Ljubljani, a zatim je otputovala u Afriku, u Burkinu Faso, koja je postala inspiracija za veći dio njenog rada. Magistrirala je Savremeni nigerijski roman, a prevela je i roman Polovina žutog sunca Chimamande Ngozi Adichie na slovenski. Njen prvi roman Koža od pamuka (Koža iz bombaža) osvojio je nagradu za najbolju prvu knjigu na Slovenskom sajmu knjiga 2007. godine. Godine 2009. objavljen je njen drugi roman U visokoj travi (V visoki travi), koji je ušao u uži izbor za nagradu Kresnik 2010. godine.  Roman U visokoj travi je potpuno okrenut slovenačkom mentalitetu, štaviše, na prvi pogled, u pitanju je tipična seoska sredina od 60-ih godina prošlog vijeka do danas.

Njen treći roman Sušno doba osvojio je nagradu Evropske unije za književnost (Slovenija) 2013. godine. Roman Sušno doba dosad je preveden na jedanaest jezika i nagrađen nagradom za književnost Evropske unije 2013. godine.

Njen četvrti roman Intimno (Intimno, 2015) ponovo je ušao u uži izbor za nagradu Kresnik za najbolji roman godine. Babnik je objavila i zbirku kratkih priča, dok je njen najnoviji roman Tri smrti objavljen u maju 2019. 

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Gabriela Babnik (born 1979) is a Slovenian writer, literary critic and translator. She has published three novels, and her journalistic, literary and film criticism is regularly published in national newspapers and magazines in Slovenia. Babnik was born in Germany in 1979. She studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and then traveled to Africa, to Burkina Faso, which became the inspiration for most of her work. She has a master's degree in Contemporary Nigerian Novel, and translated the novel Half of the Yellow Sun by Chimamande Ngozi Adichie into Slovenian. Her first novel Leather made of cotton (Koža iz bombaža)  won the award for the best first book at the Slovenian Book Fair in 2007. In 2009, her second novel In High Grass (V visoki travi) was published, which was shortlisted for the Kresnik Award in 2010. The novel In the High Grass is completely turned to the Slovenian mentality, moreover, at first glance, it is a typical rural environment from the 60's of the last century until today.

Her third novel, The Dry Age, won the European Union Prize for Literature (Slovenia) in 2013. The novel The Dry Age has so far been translated into eleven languages ​​and awarded the European Union Prize for Literature in 2013.

Her fourth novel Intimate (Intimno, 2015) was again shortlisted for the Kresnik Award for Best Novel of the Year. Babnik also published a collection of short stories, while her latest novel Three Deaths was published in May 2019.