Kresnik Award
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (2016) Winner
Miha Mazzini
ミハ・マジーニ
Miha Mazzini
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-06-03 （Jesenice, PR Slovenia, Yugoslavia）
- Nationality
- Slovenian
- Languages
- Slovenian, English
- Residence History
- Jesenice
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, screenwriter, film director, columnist
- Active Years
- 1981-
- Affiliations
- European Film Academy
- Memberships
- European Film Academy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Ljubljana | — | — | — | — | Slovenia |
| Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis | — | anthropology | PhD | — | Slovenia |
| University of Sheffield | — | Creative Writing for Film and Television | MA | — | United Kingdom |
University of Ljubljana
Country:
Slovenia
Institutum Studiorum Humanitatis
anthropology
Degree:
PhD
Country:
Slovenia
University of Sheffield
Creative Writing for Film and Television
Degree:
MA
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Best Novel of the Year | The Cartier Project | — | Newspapers | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Pushcart Prize | That Winter | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Kresnik Award | Childhood | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Best Screenplay | Erased | — | FEST festival | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Best Screenplay | Erased | — | Raindance festival | 受賞 |
Best Novel of the Year
1987
Work:
The Cartier Project
Organization:
Newspapers
Result:
受賞
Pushcart Prize
2012
Work:
That Winter
Result:
受賞
Kresnik Award
2016
Work:
Childhood
Result:
受賞
Best Screenplay
2019
Work:
Erased
Organization:
FEST festival
Result:
受賞
Best Screenplay
2019
Work:
Erased
Organization:
Raindance festival
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Guarding Hanna
2003 NovelA beastly protagonist guards Hanna in a noir fiction with unreliable narrator.
NoirUnreliable narrator
The Cartier Project
1989 NovelFirst novel set in his hometown Jesenice.
Literature of independence
Adaptations
- [TV film] Cartier Project / Miha Mazzini (1991)
King of the Rattling Spirits
2002 NovelChildhood in Titoist Yugoslavia with 12-year-old protagonist.
ChildhoodYugoslavia
Childhood
2015 NovelChildhood with 5-year-old protagonist.
Childhood
Erased
FilmFeature film adaptation of novel about 'the erased'.
The ErasedSlovenian independence
Bibliography
- Crumbs (1989)
- Guarding Hanna (2003)
- The Cartier Project (2004)
- King of the Rattling Spirits (2005)
- The Collector of Names (2009)
- German Lottery (2012)
- Crumbs (2014)
- Paloma Negra (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Noir fictionUnreliable narratorTough protagonist
- Recurring Motifs
- Yugoslav childhoodSlovenian independenceSwindlers and illusions
Legacy
Published 30 books translated into 10 languages. Introduced noir elements and first novel about 'the erased' in post-1990 Slovene literature. Voting member of European Film Academy.
Quotes
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In ... Guarding Hanna, [Mazzini] has created a bestial protagonist ...
Source: The Village Voice -
[Hanna’s] a wonderful creation: vulnerable, lonely...
Source: The Seattle Times
Trivia
- Thirty published books, translated into ten languages.
- First Slovenian writer to write a novel about 'the erased'.
- Created documentary Yugoslav Mexico (YuMex).