Luka Bekavac

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Luka Bekavac (born September 25, 1976) is a Croatian writer, university professor and translator. He was born in the city of Osijek. His novels Drenje (2011) and Viljevo (2013) have received critical acclaim.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} Viljevo won the Janko Polić Kamov Award in 2014,{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} and the EU Prize for Literature in 2015. As a translator, Bekavac has translated works by Martin Amis, Jonathan Franzen, Alberto Toscano, Naomi Klein and Aleksandar Hemon among others.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Bekavac teaches literature at Zagreb University, and contributes regularly to media outlets and scholarly publications.{{Cite web |url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/luka-bekavac |title= Luka Bekavac - EU Prize for Literature |publisher=EU Prize for Literature }}

Bekavac is member of the electro acoustic music project Jeanne Frémaux with Toma Bačić.{{Cite web |url=https://monoskop.org/Jeanne_Fr%C3%A9maux |title= Jeanne Frémaux }}