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Kajetan Kovič

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Kajetan Kovič

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1931-10-21 (Maribor)
Died
2014-11-07 (Ljubljana) age 83
Nationality
Slovene
Languages
Slovene, German, French, Czech, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Russian
Residence History
Maribor → Poljčane → Hrastje–Mota → Ljubljana

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, translator, journalist
Active Years
1948-2014
Memberships
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Education

University of Ljubljana
comparative literature
Degree: bachelor's
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: Slovenia

Awards

Prešeren Foundation Award
1967
Work: Ogenjvoda
Organization: Slovenian Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Grand Prešeren Award
1978
Work: Labrador
Organization: Slovenian Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞
Jenko Award
1993
Work: Sibirski Cirkus
Organization: Slovene Writers' Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Labrador

1976 poetry

Notable poetry collection.

Intimism

Ogenjvoda

1965 poetry

Firewater, poetry collection.

Intimism

Maček Muri

1975 children's book

Bestselling children's book about a cat.

children's adventure

Bibliography

  • Utonil bi (I Would Drown, 1948)
  • Pesmi štirih (Poems of the Four, 1953)
  • Prezgodnji dan (The Earliest Day, 1956)
  • Ogenjvoda (Firewater, 1965)
  • Labrador (1976)
  • Ne bog ne žival (Neither God nor Beast, 1965)
  • Moj prijatelj Piki Jakob (My Friend Piki Jacob, 1972)
  • Maček Muri (Muri the Tomcat, 1975)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Intimism

Legacy

Prominent Slovene poet, writer, and translator, recipient of the Prešeren Award.