Juliana Sokolová

{{Short description|Slovak philosopher and writer}}

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| pseudonym = Juliana Sokolová Berbere

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|7|19}}

| birth_place = Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)

| occupation = writer, poet and philosopher

| language = English, Slovak, Hungarian

| education = University of York

| genre = Poetry

| spouse = Lukáš Berberich

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Juliana Sokolová (born 19. júl 1981 in Košice) is a Slovak writer, poet and philosopher.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Dobrodružstvo! O písaní, o slobode, o čítačkách v Kine Úsmev, ako aj o literárnych a filmových rezidenciách sme sa bavili s Julianou Sokolovou |url=https://www.invisiblemag.sk/dobrodruzstvo-o-pisani-o-slobode-o-citackach-v-kine-usmev-ako-aj-o-literarnych-a-filmovych-rezidenciach-sme-sa-bavili-s-julianou-sokolovou/ |publisher=invisiblemag.sk |language=Slovak}}

Early life

Juliana Sokolová grew up in Košice and Misrata. She studied Philosophy at the University of York graduating in 2009.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Dobrodružstvo! O písaní, o slobode, o čítačkách v Kine Úsmev, ako aj o literárnych a filmových rezidenciách sme sa bavili s Julianou Sokolovou |url=https://www.invisiblemag.sk/dobrodruzstvo-o-pisani-o-slobode-o-citackach-v-kine-usmev-ako-aj-o-literarnych-a-filmovych-rezidenciach-sme-sa-bavili-s-julianou-sokolovou/ |publisher=invisiblemag.sk |language=}}{{Cite web |date=2015-09-11 |title=Juliana Sokolová: Z Košíc do sveta a späť |url=https://www.startitup.sk/juliana-sokolova-z-kosic-do-sveta-a-spat/ |publisher=startitup.sk |language=Slovak}} During her studies, she lived partly in the UK, partly in Kosovo and Sarajevo.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-27 |title=Svět knihy Praha 2013 - ľudia |url=https://www.litcentrum.sk/stranka/svet-knihy-praha-2013-ludia |publisher=Literárne informačné centrum |language=}} Since 2010, she has taught Aesthetics at the Technical University of Košice.

Works

Sokolová writes in English, Slovak and occasionally in Hungarian. In 2013, she published a book of poems written in English and translated to Slovak My House will have a Roof / Môj dom bude mať strechu.

She has been involved in transformation of the Úsmev cinema in Košice into an important cultural centre.

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