Uroš Zupan
Uroš Zupan | |
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Born |
Trbovlje, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) | 25 August 1963
Occupation | Poet and translator |
Notable works | Odpiranje delte, Drevo in vrabec |
Notable awards |
Prešeren Foundation Award 1996 for Odpiranje delte Jenko Award 2000 for Drevo in vrabec |
Uroš Zupan (born 25 August 1963) is a Slovene poet and translator. He has published numerous collections of poetry and his poetry has also been translated into German, Polish, Czech, English, Serbian and Croatian.[1]
Zupan was born in Trbovlje in 1963 and lived there until he went to study Comparative literature and Sociology of culture at the University of Ljubljana. He works as a translator from English, Croatian and Serbian into Slovene.[2] He has translated works by Yehuda Amichai and John Ashbery into Slovene.[3] In 1996 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Odpiranje delte (Opening the Delta)[4] and in 2000 the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Drevo in vrabec (The Tree and the Sparrow).[5]
Poetry collections
- Copati za hojo po Kitajski (Slippers for Walking Around China), 2008
- Jesensko listje (Autumn Leaves), 2006
- Lokomotive (Locomotives), 2004
- Sutre (Sūtras), 1991, 2002, 2003
- Nafta (Oil), 2002
- Drevo in vrabec (The Tree and the Sparrow), 1999
- Nasledstvo (Succession), 1998
- Odpiranje delte (Opening the Delta), 1995
- Reka (River), 1993
References
- ↑ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ↑ Poetry International site
- ↑ Arc Publications site
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
- ↑ Slovenian Press Agency: Jenkova nagrada za leto 2000 pesniku Urošu Zupanu (The Jenko Award for 2000 Goes to the Poet Uroš Zupan), 26 October 2000
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