Coral Petkovich
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- Writer
- translator
Coral Petkovich | |
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| Born | Perth, Western Australia |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
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| Notable work | Seven Terrors (English translation) |
| Awards | Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards (2013 shortlist) |
Coral Petkovich is an Australian writer of biographies and a translator of both Bosnian and Croatian to English.
Her 2012 translation of Selvedin Avdić's 2010 book Seven Terrors was shortlisted for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards in 2013.
Petkovich was born in Perth to mother May Watson.
She studied at the University of Western Australia.[1]
Career
Petkovich has written two biographies, her first being Ivan, From the Adriatic to Pacific published in 2009 by Glass House books is a memoir of Croatian man Ivan Antulich who grew up during World War I.[2] Her second book, May's Story, published in 2016, is a biography of her mother's life.
She has also translated two novels from Bosnian and Croatian into English: Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdić[3] and Hair Everywhere by Tea Tulić.[4][5]
Her translation of Seven Terrors was shortlisted for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Awards in 2013[6] and longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2013.[7]
