Jenko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1996) Winner
Iztok Osojnik
イストク・オソイニク
Iztok Osojnik
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-07-27 （Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia）
- Nationality
- Slovenian
- Languages
- Slovene, English
- Residence History
- Ljubljana → Osaka (Kansai Gaidai University) → Berlin (Goethe-Institute fellowship) → Cambridge (fellowship) → United States (Fulbright visit)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Affiliations
- Slovene Writers' Association
- Influenced By
- Dušan Pirjevec, Jure Detela (collaborator)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Ljubljana | Faculty of Arts, Comparative Literature | Department of Comparative Literature | — | — | Slovenia |
| Kansai Gaidai University | Faculty of Foreign Studies (graduate study/visiting) | Japanese Studies / Comparative Culture | — | 1980-1982 | Japan |
University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Arts, Comparative Literature
/ Department of Comparative Literature
Country:
Slovenia
Studied under literary historian and philosopher Dušan Pirjevec.
Kansai Gaidai University
Faculty of Foreign Studies (graduate study/visiting)
/ Japanese Studies / Comparative Culture
Period:
1980-1982
Country:
Japan
Graduate-level study / research residency from 1980 to 1982.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Jenko Award | Klesani kamni (Carved Stones) | — | Slovene Writers' Association | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Veronika Award | Razgledice za Darjo | — | Veronika Award Committee | 受賞 |
Jenko Award
1996
Work:
Klesani kamni (Carved Stones)
Organization:
Slovene Writers' Association
Result:
受賞
Veronika Award
1997
Work:
Razgledice za Darjo
Organization:
Veronika Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Veronika Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1997) Winner
KONS International Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2011) Winner
Works
Major Works
Klesani kamni (Carved Stones)
1996 PoetryA collection of poems exploring memory, materiality, and landscape; intertwines personal and historical recollections.
memorylandscapehistory
Razgledice za Darjo
1997 PoetryA poetry collection incorporating elements of personal letters and postcards, examining intimacy and distance.
relationshipscorrespondencesolitude
Alluminations
2000 Poetry (English publication)An English-language collection including selected poems and new work intended for international readers.
translationborder-crossinglanguage
Bibliography
- Nasmeh Mone Lize (Mona Lisa's Smile)
- Temni julij (Dark July)
- Nekoč je bila Amerika (Once upon a Time There Was America)
- Iz Novega sveta (From the New World)
- Gospod Danes (Mister Today)
- Zgodba o Dušanu Pirjevcu in meni (The Story of Dušan Pirjevec and Myself)
- Spleen Berlina (The Spleen of Berlin)
- Klesani kamni (Carved Stones)
- Razgledice za Darjo
- Alluminations (2000)
- And Some Things Happen for the first Time (2001)
- New and Selected Poems (2010)
- Elsewhere (2011)
Translations of Works
- English
- German
- French
- Italian
- Croatian
- Hungarian
- Hebrew
- Macedonian
- Malay
- Lithuanian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Romanian
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Avant-garde yet lyrical poetryPhilosophical and contemplative voice
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and the pastlandscape and sense of placeborder-crossing and travel
Legacy
Iztok Osojnik is one of Slovenia's prominent poets, with works translated internationally. He contributed to literary promotion, serving as director of the Vilenica International Literary Festival from 1997 to 2004.
Academic Societies
- Slovene Writers' Association
Trivia
- Served as director of the Vilenica International Literary Festival from 1997 to 2004.
- Participated in the avant-garde Podrealist Manifesto (1979).
- Won the Jenko Award in 1996 for Klesani kamni and the Veronika Award in 1997 for Razgledice za Darjo.
- Studied at Kansai Gaidai University (1980–1982) and visited the U.S. on a Fulbright Fellowship (2002–2003).