Slovene Writers' Association
Encyclopedia
The Slovene Writers' Association is a non-profit association of Slovene writer
s based in Ljubljana
.
The Association was founded on 21 April 1872 in Ljubljana at the initiative of Davorin Trstenjak who also became its first president. It operated under various names over the years and re-adopted its original name Društvo slovenskih pisateljev in 1968. It provides a platform for writers, poets, playwrights and essayists who participate to promote common cultural and social inetersts.
The Association has also made considerable efforts in promoting Slovene literature abroad. Its international activities include maintaining contacts with cultural institutions and writers’ societies all around the world and collaborating with literary journals and magazines. It's own publication Litterae slovenicae (called Le Livre Slovène before 1991) publishes excerpts, poems and short stories by Slovene writers in translation, making Slovene literature available to a world audience.
It annually bestows the Vilenica Prize
to a Central European author for his or her achievements in the field of literature and essay writing at the festival which takes place in the Vilenica Cave in the Slovenian Littoral
. Since 1986 it has also annually awarded the Jenko Award
for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
s based in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
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The Association was founded on 21 April 1872 in Ljubljana at the initiative of Davorin Trstenjak who also became its first president. It operated under various names over the years and re-adopted its original name Društvo slovenskih pisateljev in 1968. It provides a platform for writers, poets, playwrights and essayists who participate to promote common cultural and social inetersts.
The Association has also made considerable efforts in promoting Slovene literature abroad. Its international activities include maintaining contacts with cultural institutions and writers’ societies all around the world and collaborating with literary journals and magazines. It's own publication Litterae slovenicae (called Le Livre Slovène before 1991) publishes excerpts, poems and short stories by Slovene writers in translation, making Slovene literature available to a world audience.
It annually bestows the Vilenica Prize
Vilenica Prize
The Vilenica Prize is awarded annually by the Slovene Writers' Association to a Central European author for his or her achievements in the field of literature and essay writing...
to a Central European author for his or her achievements in the field of literature and essay writing at the festival which takes place in the Vilenica Cave in the Slovenian Littoral
Slovenian Littoral
The Slovenian Littoral is a historical region of Slovenia. Its name recalls the historical Habsburg crown land of the Austrian Littoral, of which the Slovenian Littoral was a part....
. Since 1986 it has also annually awarded the Jenko Award
Jenko Award
The Jenko Award is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 1986 by the Slovene Writers' Association....
for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years.
Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association
- Davorin TrstenjakDavorin TrstenjakDavorin Trstenjak , was a Slovene writer, historian and Roman Catholic priest.He was born in the village of Kraljevci near Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, in what was then the Austrian Duchy of Styria...
1872 - Rajko PerušekRajko PerušekRajko Perušek was a Slovene writer, translator, linguist and bibliographer.Perušek was born in Ljubljana, then part of the Austrian Empire, now the capital of Slovenia. He studied languages in Graz and graduated in 1879 with Ancient Greek and Latin as his main subjects...
1895 - 1915 - Anton FuntekAnton FuntekAnton Funtek was a Slovene writer, poet, editor and translator.Funtek was born in Ljubljana that was then part of the Austrian Empire, now the capital of Slovenia. He trained as a teacher and worked in Litija and Šentvid pri Stični before going to a Technical college in Vienna...
- Alojz GradnikAlojz GradnikAlojz Gradnik was a Slovenian poet and translator.-Life:Gradnik was born in the village of Medana in the Goriška Brda region, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is today in the Goriška province of Slovenia. His father was a Slovene from Trieste who came from a poor working family...
- Oton ŽupančičOton ŽupancicOton Župančič was a Slovene poet, translator and playwright.Župančič is regarded, alongside Ivan Cankar, Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn, as the beginner of modernism in Slovenian literature...
- France KoblarFrance KoblarFrance Koblar was a Slovene literary historian, editor and translator.Koblar was born in Železniki in what was then Austria-Hungary and is now in Slovenia. He studied Slavic languages and Latin at Vienna...
1938 - 1945 - Miško KranjecMiško KranjecMiško Kranjec was a Slovene writer.Kranjec was born in the village of Velika Polana in what was then the Kingdom of Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as the son of the village tailor Mihalj Kranjec...
(2 terms) - France BevkFrance BevkFrance Bevk was a Slovene writer, poet and translator. He also wrote under the pseudonym Pavle Sedmak.-Biography:...
(2 terms) - Ivan PotrčIvan PotrcIvan Potrč was a Slovene writer and playwright.-Biography:Ivan Potrč was born in a poor peasant family in Štuki near Ptuj, in what was then the Duchy of Styria in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(2 terms) - Mile KlopčičMile KlopčičMile Klopčič was a Slovenian poet and translator. Together with Tone Seliškar, he is considered as the foremost representative of Slovene social realist poetry of the 1930s and 1940s....
- Beno ZupančičBeno ZupančičBeno Zupančič was a Slovene writer and journalist. He is best known for his novels and youth literature.Zupančič was born in Sisak, then part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Croatia. He went to school in Ljubljana and during the Second World War participated in the Slovene...
- Matej BorMatej BorMatej Bor was the pen name of Vladimir Pavšič , who was a Slovene poet, translator, playwright, journalist and partisan.-Biography:...
1959 - 1961 - Anton IngoličAnton IngoličAnton Ingolič was a Slovene writer, playwright and editor.He is best known for his novels and youth literature....
- Mira MiheličMira MihelicMira Mihelič, also known as Mira Kramer Puc was a Slovene writer and translator.-Biography:Mira Mihelič was born in Split on 14.julij 1912, then Austria-Hungary as Mira Kramer. She went to school in Ljubljana and studied law for a while...
- Janez MenartJanez MenartJanez Menart has been one of the most influential and most widely sold Slovenian poets, translators and screenwriters from the first post-war generation...
- Ciril KosmačCiril KosmačCiril Kosmač was a Slovenian novelist and screenwriter.- Life :He was born in a Slovene family in the village of Slap ob Idrijci near Sveta Lucija , in what was then the Austro-Hungarian County of Gorizia and Gradisca . He attended high school in Tolmin and Gorizia...
- Tone PavčekTone PavčekTone Pavček was one of the most influential Slovene poets, translators and essayists from the first post-war generation. He published a number of collections of poetry, well received by readers and critics alike...
1979 - 1983 - Tone PartljičTone PartljičTone Partljič is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Betwen 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the Slovenian National Assembly, form 1994 as a member of the LDS party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 1983 and 1987.Partljič was born in Maribor and grew up in...
1983-1987 - Rudi ŠeligoRudi ŠeligoRudi Šeligo was a Slovenian writer, playwright, essayist and politician. Together with Lojze Kovačič and Drago Jančar, he is considered as one of the foremost Slovenian modernist writers of the post-World War II period.- Life :...
1987-1991 - Dane ZajcDane ZajcDane Zajc was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association , and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement...
1991-1995 - Evald FlisarEvald FlisarEvald Flisar is a Slovene writer, poet, playwright, editor and translator. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for three consecutive terms between 1995 and 2002 and is editor-in-chief of the literary and cultural magazine Sodobnost.- Biography :Flisar was born in 1945 in Gerlinci...
1995-2001 (3 terms) - Tone PeršakTone PeršakTone Peršak is a Slovene writer, politician, theatre director and journalist. He was elected to the first Slovenian National Assembly in 1992. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association for one term between 2001 and 2003....
2001-2003 - Vlado ŽabotVlado ŽabotVlado Žabot is a Slovene writer and journalist. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for two terms between 2003 and 2007.Žabot was born in Šafarsko in eastern Slovenia in 1958...
2003-2007 (2 terms) - Slavko PreglSlavko PreglSlavko Pregl, full name Vekoslav Pregl, is a Slovene writer, editor and publisher best known for his youth literature. He is the current director of the Slovenian Book Agency....
2007-2009 - Milan JesihMilan JesihMilan Jesih is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He is the current president of the Slovene Writers' Association.Jesih wa 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...
2009-(current)