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Barbara Korun

バーバラ・コルン

Bārbara Korun

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1963-00-00 (Ljubljana)
Nationality
Slovene
Languages
Slovene
Residence History
Ljubljana, Slovenia

Career

Occupations
Poet
Active Years
1999-2024
Affiliations
Slovene Writers' Association
Memberships
Slovene Writers' Association (DSP)

Education

University of Ljubljana
Slovene language and Comparative literature
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Veronika Award
2011
Work: Back soon
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Edge of Grace

1999 Poetry collection

Poetry collection

Translations
  • Translated into English

Bibliography

  • The Edge of Grace
  • Notes from under the Table
  • Fissures
  • Back soon
  • Čećica, motenja od ljubezni
  • Vmes
  • Idioritmija

Translations of Works

  • English (translated by Theo Dorgan)

Legacy

She is one of the leading figures in the generation of radical young women poets in Slovenia and her poems have also been translated into English and published in the USA and Ireland.