Miklavž Komelj Explained

Miklavž Komelj
Birth Date:10 July 1973
Birth Place:Kranj, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation:Art historian and poet
Notableworks:Rosa, Nenaslovljiva imena, Hipidrom

Miklavž Komelj (born 10 July 1973) is a Slovene poet and art historian.[1]

Komelj was born in Kranj in 1973. He studied History of Art at the University of Ljubljana and started publishing poetry in 1991.

In 2006 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Hipodrom[2] and in 2010 the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Nenaslovljiva imena.[3] In 2011 he received the Rožanc Award for Nujnost poezije.

Poetry collections

Modra obleka (2011)Roke v dežju (2011)Noč je abstraktnejša kot N (2014)

Liebestod (2017)11 (2018)Stigmatizacija (2019)Goreča knjiga (2020)

Books of prose

Sovjetska knjiga (2012)Larvae (2019)Skrij me, sneg (2021)

Book of essays

Nujnost poezije (2010)

References

https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/ancient-modern-racetracks-an-interview-with-translator-dan-rosenberg-on-miklavz-komeljs-hippodrome-conducted-by-zach-savich/

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . Slovenian . Slovene writers' portal . . 26 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110919021118/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1414/detail.html . 19 September 2011 .
  2. http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/najlepse-verze-kujeta-osti-in-komelj/148654 Najlepše verze kujeta Osti in Komelj (Osti and Komelj Strike Best Verses)
  3. http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/Presernovega_sklada_1962-2011.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients