Ervin Fritz
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.
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- Name
- Ervin Fritz
- Born
- 27 June 1940
- Birthplace
- Prebold, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
- Occupation
- Poet, playwright and translator
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Fields
- poetry · drama · translating activity
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Ježek Award · večernica · Veronika Award · Gold Coin of Poetry
- Languages
- Slovene · German
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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.
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Ervin Fritz (born 1940) is a Slovenian and Yugoslav dramaturge, linguist and playwright, among other activities. The dramaturge was born in Prebold.
Ervin Fritz studied at University of Ljubljana. The dramaturge is active in drama, poetry and translating activity.
Languages used include German and Slovene. Ervin Fritz received Gold Coin of Poetry, Ježek Award and večernica, among others.
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He studied Dramaturgy at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and worked as dramatourge at TV Ljubljana and Radio Slovenia. In 1979 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Okruški sveta and in 2006 he received the Veronika Award for the poetry collection Ogrlica iz rad.
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• Name — Ervin Fritz • Born — 27 June 1940 • Birthplace — Prebold, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) • Occupation — Poet, playwright and translator • Notable Works — Okruški sveta, Ogrlica iz rad
Prose for children
Prose for children
• Devet zgodb in deseta desetnica, 1996 • Sreča in nesreča, 2010
Plays
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
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
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
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Life and career
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1940
Ervin Fritz born at Prebold.
Poetry collections
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
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
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- 1.DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Slovene Writers' Association site. Slovene writers' portal.
- 2.Stanko Janež. Jugoslovenski književni leksikon. Matica srpska. 127. 1971.
- 3.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
- 4.Veronika Award official site
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