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Andrej E. Skubic

あんどれい・いー・すきゅびっく

Andrej E. Skubic

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-12-28 (Ljubljana)
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene, English
Residence History
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Career

Occupations
Writer, Playwright, Translator
Active Years
1999-

Education

University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Arts / English and Slovene
Degree: 博士(社会言語学)
Period: 1990年代-2004
Year of Graduation: 2004
Country: Slovenia
Doctorate in sociolinguistics, worked at the faculty 1998-2004

Awards

Kresnik Award
2000
Work: Grenki med
Organization: DSP Slovene Writers' Association
Result: winner
Župančičeva Award
2007
Work: Popkorn
Organization: City of Ljubljana
Result: winner
Prešeren Foundation Award
2012
Work: Koliko si moja?
Organization: Prešeren Foundation
Result: winner
Kresnik Award
2012
Work: Koliko si moja?
Organization: DSP Slovene Writers' Association
Result: winner
Sovre Award
2007
Work: Translations of Gertrude Stein and James Kelman's How Late It Was, How Late
Organization: Slovenian Association of Literary Translators
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Grenki med

1999 novel

Fužinski bluz

2001 novel

Popcorn

2006 novel

Koliko si moja?

2011 novel

Bibliography

  • Grenki med (1999)
  • Fužinski bluz (2001)
  • Norišnica (2004)
  • Obrazi jezika (2005)
  • Popkorn (2006)
  • Lahko (2009)
  • Neskončni šteti dnevi (2009)
  • Hura, Nosferatu (2009)
  • Koliko si moja? (2011)
  • Pavla nad prepadom (2013)
  • Samo pridi domov (2014)

Translations by Author

  • Translations into Slovene of works by Irvine Welsh, Flann O'Brien, Patrick McCabe, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, Gertrude Stein, etc.

Legacy

Slovene writer, playwright, and translator known for winning the Kresnik Award and Prešeren Foundation Award. Lives in Ljubljana as a freelance writer.