Michal Hvorecký

He is the author of two collections of short stories: Strong sense of Cleanliness (1998) and Hunters & Gatherers (2001).

His novel The Final Hit appeared in 2003, Plush in 2005 (published in 2006 in German translation as City: Der unwahrscheinlichste aller Orte) and Eskorta in 2007 (will be published in 2009[needs update] in German translation).

Translations of his fiction and journalism have appeared in print in Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

The novel Plush was dramatised and performed in the Prague theatre Na zabradli and in Schauspiel Hannover in Germany.

In 2000 he co-founded the Wilsonic Festival in Bratislava with Tibor Holoda and served as one of its co-organizers until 2001.