Nataša Velikonja Slovenia
Nataša Velikonja was born in 1967 in Nova Gorica. She graduated in theoretical sociology from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana. She is the author of three poetry collections: Subscription (Abonma, 1994), Thirst (Zeja, 1999) and Weeds (Plevel, 2004). A lesbian activist, she has translated a number of literary works from the field of queer and lesbian theory (including such authors as Lillian Federman, Monique Wittig, Shari Benstock, Richard Goldstein, Laura Cottingham). Over the last decade she has published almost 300 articles, columns and essays in various journals in Slovenia and abroad, and since 1997 she has been the editor of the political and cultural journal Lesbo. She is the founder and coordinator of the Lesbian Library and Archive in Ljubljana, the city where she lives and works.
(2006)