The Minotaur’s Daughter: Selected Poems

Synopsis

An evocative collection from Slovak poet Eva Luka, The Minotaur’s Daughter melds the human and natural worlds, weaving mythology, nature, desire, and personal freedom through vivid and unsettling imagery. The poems move from Japan to mythic landscapes, exploring sexuality, transformation, and the shifting boundaries between human and animal.

Luka’s poetic voice resists artistic conformity, creating hybrid creatures and fluid identities while confronting societal pressure and psychic harm. Moving between darkness and light, terror and beauty, these poems offer a powerful meditation on existence, freedom, and the search for artistic and personal truth.

About the Author

Eva Luka is a Slovak poet, writer, translator, illustrator, and Japanologist. She has published four collections of poetry and two works of children’s literature, and has translated works from English and Japanese into Slovak.

James Sutherland-Smith is a translator of Slovak and Serbian poetry, as well as a poet with eight collections of his own. He has translated the work of numerous contemporary Slovak and Serbian poets.

Publisher

Seagull Books

Publication Date

May 6, 2025

Format

Paperback

Pages

100

Subjects

Poetry · Slovak Literature · Fiction in Translation · Mythology · Nature · Sexuality & Desire

ISBN

9781803095059