Mihaela Šumić

Mihaela Šumić (born 1998, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a writer and translator. She participated in literary festivals Imperativ in Banja Luka, Rukopisi in Pančevo and Kikinda Short in Kikinda and Belgrade. Her first book, a poetry collection named Nekoliko sitnih uboda (eng. A Few Small Snips) was awarded with the Čučkova knjiga award for the best debut book published in 2020. Her second book, a short story collection Herbarij svete smrti (eng. Herbarium of The Holy Death), received the regional literary award Štefica Cvek.

Philippe Marczewski

Philippe Marczewski was born in 1974. He worked as a neuropsychology researcher for seven years before setting up an independent bookshop, which he ran for sixteen years. His first two books were published by Inculte: Blues pour trois tombes et un fantôme (2019), a melancholy tale exploring the moods generated by his home town of Liège, and Un corps tropical (2021), a caustic contemporary adventure novel (Prix Victor Rossel, Special Mention of the Jury of the Prix Senghor).

Ljuba Arnautović

Ljuba Arnautović (1954 in Kursk, Soviet Union) is an Austrian translator, journalist, author and writer. After studying social pedagogy, she worked for the Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance, as a Russian translator and radio journalist.