Nicol Hochholczerová (b.1999) grew up in Rimavská Sobota and is currently studying graphic design at the Academy of Artin Banská Bystrica. Her debut Táto izba sa nedá zjesť (This Room Is Impossible To Eat, 2021) was nominated for Slovakia’s most prestigious literary prize, the Anasoft Litera Award, in 2022 and received Tatra Banka’s Young Artist Award in the same year. It has been translated into Hungarian, Serbian and Polish, with Czech, Bulgarian, Macedonian, English and French translations underway. In 2023 a theatre adaptation directed by Eduard Kudláč opened in the City Theatre in Žilina. A Czech stage version as well as a film adaptation are planned.
