Slovenia

Tomaž Kosmač – Kosmo (born in 1965), a member of the Slovene Writers Association, has published three collections of short stories; Driska (Diahorrea, 1998), Žalostno, toda resnično (Sad but True, 2001) and Punk is dead (2008), which was twice shortlisted for the best collection of short stories published in the previous two years. In 2006, he self-published a novel Hvalabogu (Thank God). His stories were published in the anthologies of Slovenian short stories and translated into several foreign languages. His short story Zapor (Prison) was the basis for the short film Vikend paket (Weekend Package) produced by the Slovenian national television. In his works, Tomaž Kosmač describes the people from the margin of society.