Katja Perat (born January 7, 1988) is a Slovenian novelist, essayist, and poet currently based in the U.S.[1] A graduate of Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Arts, her books of poetry have been nominated for numerous awards in Slovenia.
[5] In 2014, Perat's work appeared alongside poet Eileen Myles in the third issue of Poetic Series, Fear of Language, published by Sternberg Press.
Translated into English by Michael Biggins and published by Istros Books in 2020, it was long-listed for the Kresnik Award for best novel in 2019.
[7][8] In addition to academic and news articles, she has also authored a volume of collected essays, "Make America Graspable Again" (Naredite Ameriko spet obvladljivo), published in 2019.
[9] Currently, Perat is a doctoral student in comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis where she received the Divided City Fellowship in 2020.