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Vojan Tihomir Arhar: 4 Poems
Perhaps best known as an author of children's poetry, Vojan Tihomir Arhar (1922-2007) also published two poetry collections for adults. Along with his poems, his many collections of word-games and riddles continue to delight children today.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:50
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Aleš Debeljak: 7 Poems
Aleš Debeljak, a poet, cultural critic, and translator, has won a number of national and interenational awards for his work. He is a Director of the Center for Cultural and Religious Studies at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, where he lives with his wife and three children.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:49
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Alojz Ihan : 4 Poems
Though born in 1961, Alojz Ihan evokes poets of previous generations in that he is also a medical doctor who specializes in immunology. He has published 6 books of poetry to date.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:48
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Gustav Januš: 1 Poem
A part of the Slovenian minority in the Austrian province of Koroška, Gustav Januš (1939) has been active as a poet and translator. In addition to working with words, he is also a renowned painter.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:47
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Milan Jesih: 1 Poem
The current president of the Slovenian Writers Association, Milan Jesih (1950) is a translator specializing in English and Russian. In addition to poetry, Jesih has written for the theatre. His Emperor's New Clothes is a favourite of at least one six-year-old Canadian-Slovenian girl.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:46
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Edvard Kocbek: 9 Poems
Edvard Kocbek (1904-1981) was active in an anti-Fascist organization during World War II. After the war, his book Strah in pogum (Fear and Courage) addressed taboo topics from Slovenian history.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:45
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Srecko Kosovel : 4 Poems
Like John Keats and Georg Büchner, Srecko Kosovel (1904-1926) proved massively influential during his short life. Much of his avant-garde poetry feels like it was written just yesterday, and many of his visual collages defy reproduction in mere text.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:44
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Kajetan Kovic: 15 Poems
Kajetan Kovic was born in Maribor (Slovenia's second-largest city and a 2012 European Capital of Culture) in 1931. He has worked in all literary genres, and children will best know him for Maèek Muri - Mury the Cat.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:43
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Cvetka Lipuš: 4 Poems
Cvetka Lipuš was born in in Austria (like Gustav Januš she is part of the Slovenian minority). After having studied information science in Pittsburgh, and after having lived many years in the United States, she know finds her home in Salzburg. She has seen her work translated into Bulgarian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Serbian and Slovakian.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:42
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Brane Mozetic;: 1 Poem
Like many of the Slovenian creators represented here, Brane Mozetic is also active as a translator from French. He has also edited an anthology of contemporary homoerotic poetry. His collection Obsession was published in French translation in 2002 by Quebec's Ecrits des Forges.
Sep 27, 2011, 07:41
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