Levstik Award
3 appearances
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Edition 0 (1970) Winner
Jože Šmit
ヨジェ・シュミト
Jože Šmit
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1922-02-01 （Tlake, near Rogatec）
- Died
- 2004-02-07 （Ljubljana, Slovenia） age 82
- Nationality
- Slovenian
- Languages
- Slovene
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Tlake, near Rogatec (childhood) → Ljubljana
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, translator, editor, journalist
- Active Years
- 1950-2004
- Influenced By
- Catullus
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | — | Forestry | — | 1942-1943 | Austria |
| University of Ljubljana | — | Comparative literature and Slavic languages and literature | — | 戦後 | Slovenia |
Vienna
Forestry
Period:
1942-1943
Country:
Austria
Drafted into German Army
University of Ljubljana
Comparative literature and Slavic languages and literature
Period:
戦後
Country:
Slovenia
Sent to work in Litija and abandoned studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Levstik Award | Kako bomo umirali | — | Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House | win |
Levstik Award
1970
Work:
Kako bomo umirali
Organization:
Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House
Result:
win
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kako bomo umirali
1970 Poetry collectionA poetry collection exploring themes of death.
death
Bibliography
- Srce v bedi (The Heart in Poverty)
- Dvojni cvet (The Double Flower)
- Trepetlika (The Trembling Poplar)
- Lirika časa (Lyrics of Time)
- Lirična postila (A Lyrical Fasting Book)
- Kolosej iz cedelike (The Strainer Colosseum)
- Kako bomo umirali (How We Shall Die)
- Zlo stoletja (The Evil of the Century)
- Hoja za Katulom (Walking after Catullus)
- Grenki med (Bitter Honey)
- Marjetka (Little Margaret)
- Kaj nam je popisal Jakec (What Little Jack Told Us)
- Pol za šalo pol za res (Half For Fun and Half Seriously)
- Kdo živi v tej kišici (Who Lives in This Little House)
- Ježek se ženi (The Hedgehog's Wedding)
Translations by Author
- Poems of Catullus (from Latin)
Legacy
Slovene poet, translator, editor, and journalist known for winning the Levstik Award and translating Catullus. Also wrote prose and poetry for children.
Museums
- Rogatec Open-Air Museum Rogatec, Slovenia Opened in 1981
Trivia
- His birth house was moved to and preserved at the Rogatec Open-Air Museum in 1981 as a typical early 19th-century Sub-Pannonian house.