Ana Porenta (1965) is Master of Science, founder of Zavod za razvijanje ustvarjalnosti and cofounder of the platform www.pesem.si (active since 2007). She is a member of the Slovene Writer’s Association. Until now she has published four collections of poems: Sem se (2005), Kitke (with Sonja Votolen and Jana Pečečnik, 2009), Deklice (2016), for which she was chosen for the critical discussion at the Pranger festival (2017) and at the XI. international festival Stranou – European Poets Live (Prague, 2018) and zaTišje (House of poetry, 2024) in the collection Sončnice. She publishes her poems on the platforms Pesem.si, Vrabec Anarhist, in the magazines Apokalipsa, Literatura, Poetikon, Sodobnost… She was a finalist of the Pesniški Turnir – Poets’ tournament five times (2006, 2010, 2016, 2019, 2022). She is also the author of several Slovenian textbooks and manuals for primary schools. She wrote a young-adult novel Virtualnisvet.com (2004). She created the CD game Na sledi za medvedi (2002). She is the cowriter of several stories and plays for children and young adults (Videzi sveta and Videzi domišljije – 2006, 2007). She has also invented the board game LiteraTURA z Josipom Jurčičem (2021). She writes prefaces, (co)edits poetry collections and the platform Pesem.si. She is also a mentor in several literary workshops for young adults and adults.
