Pavol Rankov (born 16 September 1964) is a Slovak writer. Rankov was born in

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and went to school in

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. He studied

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at the

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, graduating in 1987. He then worked at the Slovak National Library in

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and at the Slovak Pedagogic Library in Bratislava. In 1993, Rankov joined the staff of the Comenius University. He won the

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as well as the

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for his novel ''Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy),'' translated into English as ''It Happened on September the First (or Whenever)''. Rankov lives in Bratislava.

Works

* ''S odstupom času'' (stories, 1995) * ''My a oni / Oni a my'' (stories, 2001) * ''V tesnej blízkosti'' (stories, 2004) * ''Stalo sa prvého septembra (alebo inokedy)'' (novel, 2008) * ''Matky'' (novel, 2011) * ''Klinika'' (novel, 2022)

References

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