Kajetan Kovič - World Literary Awards

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

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
University of Ljubljana	—	comparative literature	bachelor's	—	Slovenia

University of Ljubljana

comparative literature

Degree: bachelor's

Year of Graduation: 1956

Country: Slovenia

Awards

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

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

Levstik Award 10 appearances

Edition 0 (1963) Winner
Edition 0 (1963, held 4 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1963, held 5 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1985) Excellence Award
Edition 0 (1985, held 2 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1985, held 3 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (2001) Lifetime Achievement Award
Edition 0 (2001, held 2 times in year) Lifetime Achievement Award
Edition 0 (2001, held 3 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (2001, held 4 times in year) Winner

Jenko Award 1 appearances

Edition 8 (1993) Winner

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.