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Alta Vášová

27. 5. 1939
Sevljuša (Ukrajina)
Genre:
general fiction, other, screenwriting, ya and children's books

Complete list of works

prose:
The Recording of Untruths (Zaznamenávanie neprávd, 1970), Place, Time, Cause (Miesto, čas, príčina, 1972), After (Po, 1979), In the Gardens (V zájradách, 1982), The Feast of the Innocents (Sviatok neviniatok, 1992), Wheels of Fortune /or Lotteries/ (Osudia, 1995), Fly-Offs (Úlety, 1995), Tightly (Natesno, 1997), Islands of Oblivion (Ostrovy nepamäti, 2008), Coloration (Sfarbenia, 2011) 

prose for children and youth:
The Big Ones (Veľkáčky, 1978), Twins from Gemini (Blíženci z Gemini, 1981), 7.5 Degrees Celsius (7,5 stupňa Celzia, 1984), Somebody Like Me (Niekto ako ja, 1988), Mr. Puch (Pán Puch, 1991), The Fern-Owl from the Cabinet (Lelka zo sekretára, 1992)

film and television scripts:
A Novel about a Double-Bass (Román o base, 1969), Sweet Games of the Past Summer (Sladké hry minulého leta, 1970), Money or Life (Peniaze alebo život, 1975), Like the Leaves of a Tree (Ako lístie jedného stromu, 1979), Don`t Take Our Princess Away (Neberte nám princeznú, 1982), Someone Like Me (Niekto ako ja, 1988)

libretti:
Cyrano from a Suburb (Cyrano z predmestia, 1978, libretto for an original musical), P+L (P+L, 1989, libretto for an original musical)

drama adaptation:
Shop on the Main Street (Obchod na korze, 2000)

WORKS TRANSLATED
Vášová`s short stories have been translated into several languages and published abroad in literary magazines and anthologies.
Twins from Gemini (1981 Czech)
Tightly (1999 Hungarian)
Wheel of Fortune (2000 German, selected short stories)