Jozef Banáš´s novel Jubilation Zone has arrived on the Turkish book market

On February 15, the book launch took place in Ankara in the famous Ankara Palace – the seat of the former President Mustafa Kemala Atatürk. Jozef Banáš has achieved another international success. His novel Jubilation Zone describing the dramatic events in Central Europe in the years between 1968 and 2008 has been released by one of the country´s five largest publishing houses Destek Istanbul under the title Behind The Curtain (Perde Arkasi). On February 15, the title was introduced to the Turkish book market, the launch taking place in the famous Ankara Palace – the […]

The most translated Slovak novel is Banas’ Jubilation Zone

December 7th, 2015 After the release of the book Idiots in Politics in Arab language in Egypt this August and the novel The Jubilation Zone in Hungary this October, the latter is available for readers in Bulgaria as well. Bratislava/Sofia, December 3rd – The Slovak author Jozef Banáš has achieved another international success this year. After the release of the book Idiots in Politics in Arab language in Egypt this August and the novel The Jubilation Zone in Hungary this October, the latter is available for readers in Bulgaria as well. Banáš´s multiple award-winning novel […]

Jozef Banas’ novel has been released in Ukraine

April 4th, 2013 Ukraine has joined the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and India as another country in which the exceptionally successful novel Zóna nadšenia (The Jubilation Zone) written by Jozef Banas has been published. A release in the USA and in Serbia is being prepared as well. On March 14th, the official introduction of the novel in Ukrainian language took place in the Embassy of Slovakia in Kiev. The event was attended by the Ambassador Pavol Hamžík, the director of the publishing house Timpani Jaroslav Fedyshin, the translator Ivan Jackanin and further significant personalities of […]

Believer in goodness – interview

November 30th,2012, Chandigarh Navleen Lakhi , Hindustan Times “All that I am is a good Christian, which means I am also a good Muslim, a good Hindu, a good Jew…” he pauses till his eyes are fixed on a man in turban. “I am also a good Sikh,” he continues, insisting that for God, it is not about religion but about being good or bad. Wednesday warmed up to many good turns in a conversation with Jozef Banas, Slovak novelist, journalist, diplomat and politician, who was in town for a meet-the-author and reading session of […]

Newspapers in India about Jozef Banas

 January 18th, 2013   Daily Bhaskar: I am looking for Jesus’ History in India: India will be present in Slovak writer’s Josef Banas book: On Wednesday evening Josef Banas reached Alliance Francaise, the French Cultural Centre at Chandigarh in Sector 36.  He read extrats from his Slovak novel “Zona Nadsenia”, and then extracts from the German and Hindi translations were also read.  Banas is presently working on his 10th book entitled “Code 1”, in which he is looking for the history of Jesus’ stay in India.  According to him, he has already travelled to Kashmir […]