Maja Kovač (1995) was born in Ljubljana. She studied Slavic Studies at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, and further enhanced her knowledge by attending summer schools and seminars in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria. She specialised in translation from South Slavic languages. As a member of the Association of Slavic Societies of Slovenia, she served as a coordinator for the translation workshop for young translators. In 2024, her translation of poetry from Macedonian earned her the Slovenian Association of Literary Translators Award for young translators.