Milan Jesih | |
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| Born | April 14, 1950 Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
| Occupation | poet, playwright, translator |
| Notable works | Soneti, Soneti drugi, Jambi, Grenki sadeži pravice |
| Notable awards | Prešeren Award 2002 for his poetic opus Jenko Award 2001 for Jambi Veronika Award 2001 for Jambi |
Milan Jesih (born April 14, 1950) is a Slovene poet, playwright, and translator. He was the president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 2009 and 2011.[1]
Jesih was born in Ljubljana in 1950. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the avant-garde poetry group 442. He is known for his translations from English and Russian into Slovene (Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Bulgakov).[2]
He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1986 for his poetry collection Usta and for his plays,[3] the Jenko Award and the Veronika Award for his poetry collection Jambi in 2001, and the Grand Prešeren Award in 2002 for his poetic opus.[4]
- ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 2011-11-14. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Scottish Poetry Library site Archived 2010-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients[permanent dead link]
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients[permanent dead link]