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Lojze Krakar (21 February 1926 – 24 December 1995) was a Slovene poet, translator, editor, literary historian, and essayist. He also wrote poetry for children.[1]

Krakar was born in Semič in White Carniola in 1926. He studied Slavic languages and literature at the University of Ljubljana and graduated in 1954 and obtained a doctorate from the Frankfurt Goethe University in 1970. He worked as a lecturer, editor, and translator.

In 1963 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Cvet pelina (The Flower of the Woodworm).[2] In 1977 he was awarded the Grand Prešeren Award for his poetry collection Nekje tam čisto na robu (Somewhere There Right on the Edge) [3] He won the Levstik Award twice, in 1962 for his book of poetry for children Sonce v knjigi (The Sun in a Book), and in 1991 for his story in verse Prišel je lev (The Lion Arrived).[4]

Published works

Poetry collections

References

  1. ^ Poetry International Web Slovenian poetry: between elegy and serenity
  2. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients [dead link]
  3. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients [dead link]
  4. ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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