Prague-based author wins Mira Prize honouring female authors

Ljubljana, 12 December - Writer and poet Alenka Jensterle Doležal is the winner of this year's Mira Prize, an honour which was given out by the women's section of the Slovenian PEN centre at a ceremony in Ljubljana on Tuesday. She received the prize for her poetry and literature, as well as research about Modernism in Slovenian literature.