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Rene Karabash
Rene Karabash (Irena Ivanova, 1989) is a writer, screenwriter and playwright. She is the recipient of several Best Actress awards for her leading role in the film Godless, including the Silver Leopard at Locarno and the Bronze Horse at Stockholm.
In 2026 her debut novel, She Who Remains, translated by Izidora Angel, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. The novel was awarded with the Elias Canetti award for literature. Currently it is translated or published in 26 languages. The novel’s French translation by Marie-Vrinat Nikolov was awarded the French PEN award. A movie based on the book, adapted for the big screen by the author, will be premiered in 2026. Rene’s short prose collection Omar’s Letters to His Future Wife has been published in Greek (Metaichmio Publications, 2026). Her latest poetry collection Someone Calls Me By My Name is in the works for Macedonian (Art Konekt) and Greek (Metaichmio Publications).
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Novel, 165 pages, 2018
She Who Remains
She Who Remains is a meditation on womanhood, love, family and honor, written almost entirely in a non-linear stream of consciousness.
SHORT PROSE, 49 PAGES, 2021
Omar’s Letters to His Future Wife
Omar’s Letters to His Future Wife contains pieces of epistolary and poetic prose, boldly trying to dilute the realms between Beloved and God, between Lover and Self. Omar writes and sends eleven letters to his imaginary future wife.
POETRY COLLECTION, 80 pages, 2026
Someone Calls Me By My Name
A poetry collection about the attempt to merge with another person while still remaining true to yourself.