Ervin Fritz Explained
Ervin Fritz (born 27 June 1940) is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He also writes poetry for children, radio plays, songs and librettos. He started publishing poetry in the mid-1960s.[1]
Fritz was born in Prebold in 1940.[2] He studied Dramaturgy at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and worked as dramatourge at TV Ljubljana and Radio Slovenia.[2]
In 1979 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Okruški sveta[3] and in 2006 he received the Veronika Award for the poetry collection Ogrlica iz rad.[4]
Selected works
Poetry collections
- Hvalnica življenja, 1967
- Dan današnji, 1972
- Okruški sveta, 1978
- Pesmi, 1980
- Minevanje, 1982
- Dejansko stanje: Pesmi in songi, 1985
- Slehernik, 1987
- Črna skrinjica, 1991
- Pravzaprav pesmi, 1995
- Favn:Pesmičice kosmatičice, 1998
- Tja čez:Soneti, 2002
- Pesmi: Zgodnja, zrela in pozna trgatev: jagodni izbor, 2002
- Ogrlica iz rad, 2005
- Drugačen svet, 2008
- Dolgi pohod, 2010
Poetry collections for children
- Dimnikar je črn grof, 1984
- Svet v naprstniku, 1992
- Mavrica Mavra, 1993
- Števila, 1993
- Nasprotja, 1993
- Moj dan, 1993
- Barve, 1994
- Liki, 1994
- Vrane, 2007
Prose for children
- Devet zgodb in deseta desetnica, 1996
- Sreča in nesreča, 2010
Plays
- Farse, 1973
- Mirakel o sveti Neži, 1977
- Kralj Malhus, 1988
- Lipicanija, 2000
- Rdeči kotiček, 2009
- Srčevje svetega Andreja, 2009
- Krpanova kobila, opera libretto 2010
Radio plays
- Komisija za samomore, 1984
- Stoli, 1984
- Kralj Malhus, 1986
- Karantena, 1988
- Ta veseli dan ali Cefizelj se ženi, 1990
- Zmaj v Postojnski jami, 1990
- Mirakel o sveti Neži, 1991
- Krompir ali Kregarca in ljudska oblast, 1993
Radio plays for children
- Zajček Peter, 1985
- Sin polka, 1986
- Grofič prašič, 1991
- Gorski škrat, 1991
- Črna baba in povodni mož, 1991
- Modra Barbica, 1992
- Legenda o Jezusu in svetem Petru, 1992
- Papagaj kralja Matjaža, 1994
Notes and References
- Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . Slovenian . Slovene writers' portal . . 16 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111010073719/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/483/detail.html# . 2011-10-10 . dead .
- Book: Stanko Janež . Živan Milisavac . 1971 . Jugoslovenski književni leksikon . Yugoslav Literary Lexicon . . sh . Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia) . 127 .
- 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
- http://www.veronikini-veceri.si/veronikina-nagrada-2006 Veronika Award official site
