Uroš Zupan Explained
Uroš Zupan (born 25 August 1963) is a Slovene poet and translator. He has published numerous collections of poetry and his poetry has also been translated into German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English, Serbian and Croatian.[1]
Zupan was born in Trbovlje in 1963 and lived there until he went to study Comparative literature and Sociology of culture at the University of Ljubljana. He works as a translator from English, Croatian and Serbian into Slovene.[2] He has translated works by Yehuda Amichai and John Ashbery into Slovene.[3] In 1996 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Odpiranje delte (Opening the Delta)[4] and in 2000 the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Drevo in vrabec (The Tree and the Sparrow).[5]
Poetry collections
- Copati za hojo po Kitajski (Slippers for Walking Around China), 2008
- Jesensko listje (Autumn Leaves), 2006
- Lokomotive (Locomotives), 2004
- Sutre (Sūtras), 1991, 2002, 2003
- Nafta (Oil), 2002
- Drevo in vrabec (The Tree and the Sparrow), 1999
- Nasledstvo (Succession), 1998
- Odpiranje delte (Opening the Delta), 1995
- Reka (River), 1993
Notes and References
- Web site: Slovene Writers' Association site . sl . Slovene writers' portal . . 2 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120129101337/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/948/detail.html . 29 January 2012 . dead .
- http://www.poetryinternational.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=5046 Poetry International site
- Web site: Arc Publications site . 2012-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080314221900/http://www.arcpublications.co.uk/biography.htm?writer_id=268 . 2008-03-14 . dead .
- 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
- Web site: Slovenian Press Agency: Jenkova nagrada za leto 2000 pesniku Urošu Zupanu (The Jenko Award for 2000 Goes to the Poet Uroš Zupan), 26 October 2000 . 2 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103002341/http://www.sta.si/vest.php?s=s&id=521073 . 3 January 2014 . dead .
