Janez Menart

Janez Menart
Born(1929-09-29)September 29, 1929
Maribor, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
DiedJanuary 22, 2004(2004-01-22) (aged 74)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupationpoet, translator
Periodfirst post-war generation
Genrelyrical, narrative, and satirical poetry
Literary movementIntimism
Notable worksPoems of the Four,
First Autumn,
Newspaper Verse,
White Fairytale,
Traffic Lights of the Youth,
Under the Plague Spot,
Medieval Ballads,
translations of classical French and English poetry and plays
Notable awardsAward of the City of Ljubljana
1965 Translation of Shakespeare's sonnets
Sovre Award
1975 Reworkings of poems by Robert Burns and Lord Byron
Župančič Award
1978 collection of poems Under the Plague Spot
Prešeren Award
1979 (declined) collections and translations of poetry
Sovre Award
1988 Collected works of François Villon
SpouseTonka Menart
Childrenone daughter:
Barbara Menart Senica

Janez Menart (pronunciation) (29 September 1929 – 22 January 2004) was a Slovene poet, best known for his Intimist poetry. He translated a number of classic French and English poetry and drama works into Slovene, including Shakespeare's sonnets.