Andrej Rozman Explained

Andrej Rozman
Birth Date:25 May 1955
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation:writer, poet, actor and translator
Notableworks:Uganke 100+1, Črvive pesmi

Andrej Rozman (a.k.a. Roza, born 25 May 1955) is a Slovene poet, writer, actor, and street theatre producer. He writes poems and creates plays for children and also writes satirical poetry for adults.[1]

Life and work

Rozman was born in Ljubljana in 1955. He abandoned his study of Slovene language and literature at theUniversity of Ljubljana to set up a small theatre group in 1978. In the 1980s he co-founded a street theatre group, Ana Monró Theatre and was its director between 1982 and 1995.[2] He was co-writer of the low-budget TV comedy Vrtičkarji (2000), but left after the first thirteen episodes, disappointed by the production.[3] Since 2003 he has run his own theatre company Rozinteater.[4]

Awards

Rozman won the Levstik Award in 1999 for Črvive pesmi (Worm-Ridden Poems) and again in 2009 for 100 + 1 uganka (100 + 1 Riddles).

In 2010 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his theatre and literary work.[5]

Published works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . sl . Slovene writers' portal . . 14 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217194424/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/709/detail.html# . 17 February 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  2. Web site: Ana Monró Theatre . 19 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120426220633/http://www.anamonro.org/gledalisce-ane-monro-ana-monro-theatre.html . 26 April 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Andrej Rozman - Roza, dramatik, pesnik in igralec. RTV Slovenija. 2015-10-04. sl.
  4. Web site: Galerija Prešernovih Nagrajencev Kranj site . 19 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227120535/http://www.gpn.kranj.si/razstave/036/0364.pdf# . 27 December 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  5. http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/3_Nagrade_Presernovega_sklada_1962-2012.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients