author and marketing specialist

Matej Rumanovský (born 1994) is a Slovak novelist and short story writer.

He debuted with the novel Príbeh nekonečných koncov (The Story of Endless Ends) which came out in the Slovak publishing house Marenčin PT in 2022. For this novel he got Premium of the Ivan Krasko Award for the best debut in 2023. He is currently preparing for publication another novel titled Chopin’s Record.

He is a member of the art group Cult Creative, in which he also works as a marketing and project manager, and a freelance literary editor. In 2023 and 2024, he ran the literary magazine Romboid. He studied journalism at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava.

In addition to his artistic activities, he is also actively involved in yoga and Eastern philosophy, which is reflected in various forms in his texts or other activities. In recent years, he has repeatedly visited India, where in early 2020 he completed his 200-hours yoga teacher training with local teachers of various techniques, including hatha yoga, mantras, pranayama and meditation.