Snježana Vračar Mihelač
Snježana Vračar Mihelač (born in Pula) lives and works in Ljubljana. A poet, journalist, and translator, she is active on the Slovenian and post-Yugoslav literary scene. Her poems have been published in literary magazines, online portals and in anthologies, including Sreća je sol (2025), Signali u noći (2024), ZaNa III (2023), Tanane revolucije (2023), Susret riječi (2020, 2023), Beseda upora (2022), and Biće bolje – Bo že (2019).
Her manuscript Kad zatvorim oči vidim modro (When I Close My Eyes, I See Blue) was awarded the Presing competition (Serbia) for the Best Poetry Collection in 2022 and was published the same year. She has received numerous international and regional awards, including the Ulaznica Award, the Pesmomat Award, Susret riječi, the Solin City Library Competition, the ZaNa Literature Festival Award, Sosed tvojega brega, the Zagrebu – riječju i slikom competition of the Književni petak literary forum, and the art+science Climateurope2 competition. Her manuscript Srce na baterije (Heart on Batteries) received a Special Mention from the jury of the Drago Gervais Award and was shortlisted for the Jovan Popović Literary Award; it was published at the end of 2025 by the Croatian Writers’ Association (HDP).
Her poetry is translated into Slovenian, English, Albanian, and Macedonian.
