Dr. Jasna Koteska (Skopje, 1970) is a Macedonian writer, philosopher, and a full professor of literature, theoretical psychoanalysis and gender studies at the University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje. She published over 250 articles on the variety of topics including intimacy, sanitation, trauma, abject, ressentiment, gestures, and repetition, which have been translated into English, German, Slovenian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Albanian, Slovakian, Hungarian, Romanian, Greek, etc. She serves as national leader in several international projects in humanities and social sciences initiated by the academic networks in Germany, Switzerland, etc. She works with the 19th century literature and philosophy, and is a member of the Central European Research Institute Sřren Kierkegaard in Ljubljana.

Jasna Koteska v širokem spektru najrazličnejših provokativnih tem: od ohridskih vicev do hrvaških lezbijk, od Kafke do Sadama, od seksa v socializmu do histerije v kapitalizmu, v zbirki esejev Intimist analizira dramatično 20. stoletje kot svet brez intime. Človek postaja bitje, ki mu je odvzeta intima in ki ni zmožno vzpostavljanja odnosov z drugimi ljudmi.