Milan Jesih
He was the president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 2009 and 2011. Jesih was born in Ljubljana in 1950. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the avant-garde poetry group 442.
Milan Jesih
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- Name
- Milan Jesih
- Born
- April 14, 1950
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
- Occupation
- poet, playwright, translator
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Prešeren Award · Župančič Award · Prešeren Fund Awards · Sovre Award · Grum Award · Veronika Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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He was the president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 2009 and 2011. Jesih was born in Ljubljana in 1950. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the avant-garde poetry group 442.
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Milan Jesih (born 1950) is a playwright, poet and translator, among other activities, of Slovenian and Yugoslav nationality. The playwright was born in Ljubljana. Milan Jesih was educated at University of Ljubljana.
Languages used include Slovene. Honours include Grum Award, Prešeren Award and Prešeren Fund Awards, among others.
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He is known for his translations from English and Russian into Slovene (Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Bulgakov). He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1986 for his poetry collection Usta and for his plays, the Jenko Award and the Veronika Award for his poetry collection Jambi in 2001, and the Grand Prešeren Award in 2002 for his poetic opus.
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• Name — Milan Jesih • Born — April 14, 1950 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) • Occupation — poet, playwright, translator • Notable Works — Soneti, Soneti drugi, Jambi, Grenki sadeži pravice
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Milan Jesih is recorded as poet, playwright, translator and writer.
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1950
Milan Jesih born at Ljubljana.
2012
Milan Jesih-Govedina Legendarno (2012) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Poetry collections
Poetry collections
• Uran v urinu, gospodar! (1972) • Legende (1974) • Kobalt (1976) • Volfram (1980) • Usta (1985) • Soneti (1989) • Soneti drugi (1993) • Jambi (2000)
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