Jana Plauchová

Jana Plauchová
Jana Plauchová in 2014
Jana Plauchová in 2014
Born (1987-09-08) 8 September 1987 (age 37)
Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
OccupationAstrobiologist, writer
LanguageSlovak
EducationMatej Bel University
Comenius University
GenreScience fiction

Jana Plauchová (born 8 September 1987) is a Slovak astrobiologist and sci-fi writer. She published four novels.

Biography

Jana Plauchová was born on 8 September 1987 in Banská Bystrica,[1] where she was educated at the local grammar school.[2] She became interested in space and astronautics as a 15-year-old, following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.[3]

Plauchová studied biology at the Matej Bel University and obtained a master's degree in Molecular biology from the Comenius University, graduating in 2012.[4] She published her first novel Zero Kelvin right after graduation.

As of 2023, Plauchová works as a researcher at the Maximilián Hell Planetarium and Observatory in Žiar nad Hronom.[5] She lives in Kremnica.[6]

Literary works

Jana Plauchová is a careful writer. She starts writing only when she has the entire story throughout.[7][8] She considers characters emotions just as important as scientific accuracy in sci fi writing.[2] Even though her novels commonly contain extraterrestrial characters, she does not believe in the existence of the life outside Earth.[9]

Plauchová completed her first manuscript as a 17 year old but did not consider it of sufficient quality for publication. Her first published novel Zero kelvin, published in 2012 was her fifth completed manuscript.[3] In spite of the book's critical and commercial success, Plauchová was not happy with the quality of the editing and published a new edition of the book in 2022.[10] Following her first novel, she followed with three additional novels - The eternity of errors (2013), The Introduction to Chaos Theory (2016), and The Second Planet (2019).[3] As of 2023, she is working on the sequel to Zero Kelvin. In addition to writing novels, Plauchová writes short stories, popular science articles and edits the Slovak language Wikipedia.[10][11]

Criticism

According to the literary publicist Lucia Lackovičová, Plauchová is the only notable contemporary sci-fi writer in Slovakia.[12] Fantasy writer Alexandra Pavelková referred to Plauchová as the best hard sci-fi author in the country.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Knihy autora Jana Plauchová". Literama.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Štenclová, Eva. "Svoju knihu pokrstila prachom z meteoritov". myziar.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Jana je úspešnou astronomičkou a najvýraznejšou súčasnou autorkou sci-fi žánru v našej krajine". 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ "List of alumni of the Comenius University".
  5. ^ "List of employees of the observatory".
  6. ^ "Kremničanka Jana Plauchová je považovaná za najvýraznejšiu autorku sci -fi románov".
  7. ^ "Jana Plauchová – Prečo, ako a kedy píšem". Sieťovka. 7 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Ako uspieť? Pomaly! Knihu začnite písať, až keď ju máte premyslenú vetu po vete, radí Jana Plauchová". 18 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Jana Plauchová sa venuje vesmíru ako astronómka i autorka sci-fi". 14 April 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Spisovateľka Jana Plauchová: Vesmír ma fascinoval už od útleho veku". 2 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Wikiživotopis 1/2 : www.adhara.sk" (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  12. ^ Lackovičová, Lucia. "Dobývanie vesmíru v podaní slovenských autorov". kultura.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Esej: Fantastické ženy na Slovensku, 2. časť". 23 June 2017.