Damir KarakasDamir Karakas worked as a journalist and a war reporter from warfronts in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo. In 2000 he published his first novel Kombetars (2000) and later a short stories collection Kino Lika (2001) which earned cult satus on the Croatian literary scene. He further published a 'docu-novel' How I Entered Europe, and two more short story collections Eskimos and Colonel Beethoven. His writing has been translated into French, English, German, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovenian, Arabic and Italian and his work has appeared in some of the most prominent literary magazines (McSweeney's Quarterly in the US and Neue Rundschau in Germany). Before his latest novel Proslava (Celebration) he published the novels Perfect Place for Misery about his experiences living as an undocumented migrant in Paris. He lives in Zagreb. Read More Read Less