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Jože Snoj

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Jože Snoj

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-03-17 (Maribor)
Died
2021-10-07 age 87
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovenian
Religion
Catholicism
Residence History
Maribor → Lower Carniola → Ljubljana

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, journalist, essayist
Active Years
1963-2021
Affiliations
Delo (newspaper)
Influenced By
Edvard Kocbek

Education

University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Arts / Slavic Philology
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Prešeren Award
2012
Work: lifetime work
Organization: Republic of Slovenia
Result: 受賞
Rožanc Award
1994
Work: Med besedo in bogom
Result: 受賞
Jenko Award
2004
Work: Poslikava notranjščine
Result: 受賞
Veronika Award
2009
Work: Kažipoti brezpotij
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mlin stooki

1963 poetry

The Mill with Hundred Eyes. Criticized for decadent and nihilist content.

modernismdecadence

Negativ Gojka Mrča

novel

Poslikava notranjščine

poetry

Kažipoti brezpotij

poetry

Med besedo in Bogom

essay

Between the Word and God. Religious and metaphysical.

religionmetaphysics

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Modernism
Recurring Motifs
war childhoodsources of evilreligious preoccupationsmagical realism

Legacy

Awarded the 2012 Prešeren Award for lifetime work and rich literary opus.

Trivia

  • Uncle Franc Snoj was a prominent Slovene politician. Family fled from Nazis and partisans.