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

• S smetano nad jagode (Taking the Cream into the Strawberries), poems and short stories, 1989
• Od talija do torija, theatre scripts, 1991
• Rimanice za predgospodiče (Rhymes for Pre-misses), poems for children, 1993
• Mihec, duh in uganka (Little Miha, the Ghost and the Riddle), poem for children, 1996
• Je že vredu mama (It's Alright Mum), poems, 1997
• Črvive pesmi (Worm-ridden Poems), poetry for children, 1998
• Krava, ki jo je pasel Mihec (The Cow Little Miha Looked After), poetry for children, 1999
• Josip Vandot: Kekec in Pehta, adaptation of Josip Vandot's story, 2000
• Mali rimski cirkus (The Little Roman Circus), poetry for children, 2001
• Balon velikan (The Giant Balloon), fairytale, 2001
• Rdeča žaba, zlat labod (Red Frog, Golden Swan), children's book, 2001
• Josip Vandot: Kekec in Bedanec, adaptation of Josip Vandot's story, 2001
• Najbolj dolgočasna knjiga na svetu (The Most Boring Book in the World), children's book, 2002
• Uganke (Riddles), poetry for children, 2002
• Josip Vandot: Kekec in Prisank, adaptation of Josip Vandot's story, 2002
• Razmigajmo se v križu (Let's Exercise), poems, 2003
• Marela (Umbrella), poetry for children, 2005
• Tih bot dedi (Shut Up Grandpa), poetry for children, 2005
• SMS poezija (SMS Poetry), poetry, 2006
• Mihec gre prvič okrog sveta (Michael's First Trip Around the World), children's book, 2006
• Kako je Oskar postal detektiv/How Oscar Became a Detective, short stories for children (bilingual), 2007

External links

• Rozinteater, Andrej "Roza" Rozman theatre site

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