Mojca Kumerdej Explained

Mojca Kumerdej
Occupation:Writer, philosopher, critic
Notableworks:Fragma, Temna snov

Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964) is a Slovene writer, philosopher and critic.[1] She works as the cultural chronicler for the daily newspaper Delo.

Biography

Kumerdej graduated in philosophy and sociology of culture from the University of Ljubljana. Her debut novel Krst nad Triglavom (The Baptism over Mount Triglav) is a parody and a witty and ironical revision of one of Slovene literary history's most important works, the epic poem Krst pri Savici (The Baptism at the Savica) by France Prešeren.[2] Her next two published books, Fragma and Temna snov, are collections of short stories. Her stories havebeen translated into many languages and have been published in various Slovene and foreign literary journals and anthologies.[3]

In 2017, Kumerdej received a Prešeren Fund Award for her second novel Kronosova žetev.[4]

Published works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . Slovenian . Slovene writers' portal . . 15 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110919041457/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1427/detail.html . 19 September 2011 . dead .
  2. http://wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/mojca-kumerdej/ Words Without Borders, the Online Magazine for International Literature
  3. http://www.jakrs.si/fileadmin/user_upload/Brosure_in_katalogi/Letaki_Frankfurt/Kumerdej_Mojca.pdf Mojca Kumerdej at the Frankrurt Book Fair
  4. News: Nagrajenci Prešernovega sklada; od glasbenika do arhitektov . . 2017-01-17 . 2017-01-18.
  5. http://www.readcentral.org/uploads/files/kumerdej-fragma-engl.pdf Short story in English Under the Surface from Fragma on Read Central Slovenian Literature in Translation site
  6. http://www.readcentral.org/uploads/files/kumerdej_hepatica.pdf Short story in English Hepatica from Temna snov on Read Central Slovenian Literature in Translation site

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