Andrej E. Skubic

Andrej E. Skubic
Andrej E. Skubic in 2012
Andrej E. Skubic in 2012
Born (1967-12-28) 28 December 1967 (age 56)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation
  • Writer
  • translator
  • playwright
Notable worksGrenki med, Fužinski bluz
Notable awardsKresnik Award
2000 Grenki med
Prešeren Foundation Award and Kresnik Award
2012 for Koliko si moja?

Andrej Ermenc Skubic (born 28 December 1967) is a Slovene writer, playwright, and translator.

Skubic was born in Ljubljana in 1967. He studied English and Slovene at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Arts, and he also worked at the faculty from 1998 to 2004, when he received his doctorate in sociolinguistics.[1]

In 2000 he won the Kresnik Award for his novel Grenki med,[2] in 2007 the Župančičeva Award of the City of Ljubljana for his novel Popkorn and in 2012 the Prešeren Foundation Award and the Kresnik Award for his novel Koliko si moja?[3][4]

He lives in Ljubljana and works as a freelance writer and translator. Among others he has translated into Slovene works by Irvine Welsh, Flann O'Brien, Patrick McCabe, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Gertrude Stein.[5] In 2007 he got the Sovre Award for exceptional literary translation for his translations of the selected writings of Gertrude Stein and James Kelman's novel How Late It Was, How Late (Slovene: Kako pozno, pozno je bilo).[6]

  1. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal: Kresnik Award (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  3. ^ Delo: Nagrajenec Prešernovega sklada 2012: Andrej E. Skubic, pisatelj (Prešeren Foundation Award Laureate 2012: Andrej E. Skubic, writer) 7.February 2012
  4. ^ Delo 23 June 2012 Kresnik: najboljši slovenski roman napisal Andrej E. Skubic Kresnik: The Best Slovene Novel Written by Andrej E. Skubic
  5. ^ "Eurozine, Europe's leading cultural magazines ay tour fingertips site". Authors:Andrej E. Skubic. Eurozine. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  6. ^ Slovenian Association of Literary Translators site, list of Sovre Award laureates Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine