Sebastijan Pregelj

Sebastijan Pregelj
Sebastijan Pregelj (Leipzig Book Fair 2018)
Born (1970-07-29)29 July 1970
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Occupation Writer

Sebastijan Pregelj (born 29 July 1970) is a Slovenian writer.[1] In the second half of the 1990s Sebastijan Pregelj (b.1970) called attention to himself with his collections of short stories. During the last ten years, he has undoubtedly proven his mastery of storytelling with his novels Leta milosti (Years of Mercy), Na terasi Babilonskega stolpa (On the Terrace of the Tower of Babel), Mož, ki je jahal tigra (The Man Who Rode a Tiger), Po srečno zvezdo (Under a Lucky Star) and Kronika pozabljanja (A Chronicle of Forgetfulness). Four of them earned him nominations for Best Novel of the Year Award (the Kresnik Award). A wide variety of readers is drawn to his novels because of their broad and rich historical background, intertwined with legends as well as present-day reality and humorous motifs that manage to combine the magical with the spiritual and the mystical. The end result is oftentimes an intense thriller which merges with a gentle and profound love story. Sebastijan Pregelj has been featured in several anthologies in the Slovene, Slovak, German, Polish and English language. He is a member of the Slovenian Writers’ Association. He lives and works in Ljubljana.

Bibliography

Novels

  • Vdih. Izdih. (2017) Breathe In. Breathe Out.
  • Kronika pozabljanja (2014) A Chronicle of Forgetfulness
  • Pod srečno zvezdo (2013) Under a Lucky Star
  • Mož, ki je jahal tigra (2010) The Man Who Rode a Tiger[2]
  • Na terasi babilonskega stolpa (2008) On the Terrace of the Tower of Babel
  • Leta milosti (2004) Years of Mercy

Collections of short stories

  • Prebujanja (2011)
  • Svinje brez biserov (2002)
  • Cirilina roža (1999)
  • Burkači, skrunilci in krivoprisežniki (1996)

Children's literature

  • K morju, 3. del iz zbirke Zgodbe s konca kamene dobe (2017)
  • Do konca jezera in naprej, 2. del iz zbirke Zgodbe s konca kamene dobe (2016)
  • Duh Babujan in nepričakovana selitev (2016)
  • Deček Brin na domačem kolišču, 1. del iz zbirke Zgodbe s konca kamene dobe (2016)
  • Duh Babujan in prijatelji (2014)

Other

  • Literarne poti Ljubljane (2010, literary guide, co-written with Gašper Troha)
  • Ljubljana Literary Trail (2011, literary guide, co-written with Gašper Troha)[3]

Anthologies in which short stories by Pregelj have been published

  • Ljubljana Tales, a collection of Central European contemporary writing in English (2012)
  • Noc w Lublanie, an anthology of Slovene short stories in Polish (2009)
  • A Lazy Sunday Afternoon; Litterae Slovenicae vol. 112 (XLV/3)(2007)
  • Vně hranic : antologie současné slovinské krátké prózy, an anthology of contemporary Slovene short stories in Czech (2002)
  • Die Zeit der kurzen Geschichte (2001)
  • Čas kratke zgodbe (1998)

References

  1. ↑ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ↑ Read Central Slovenian Literature in Translation site
  3. ↑ Fabula, World Literatures Festival site
  • Official site
  • Publishers site


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