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 library science 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

Angelus Award The Angelus Central European Literature Award also known as Angelus Award (Polish: ''Nagroda Literacka Europy Środkowej Angelus'') is a Polish international literary award established in 2006 and presented by the city of Wrocław, Lower Silesia ...

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)

References

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