Aleš Berger (born 18 September 1946) is a
Slovene writer, translator and
literary critic
Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...
.
Berger was born in
Ljubljana in 1946. He studied
comparative literature and French at the
University of Ljubljana and worked as an editor and theatre critic. He is known for his translations into Slovene from French (
Lautréamont,
Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent.
Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the ...
,
Beckett,
René Char
René Émile Char (; 14 June 1907 – 19 February 1988) was a French poet and member of the French Resistance.
Biography
Char was born in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue in the Vaucluse department of France, the youngest of the four children of Emile ...
,
Raymond Queneau and
Jacques Prévert) and Spanish (
Jorge Luis Borges).
In 1987 he received the
Prešeren Foundation Award for his translation of
Les Chants de Maldoror
''Les Chants de Maldoror'' (''The Songs of Maldoror'') is a French poetic novel, or a long prose poem. It was written and published between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautréamont, the ''nom de plume'' of the Uruguayan-born French writer Isid ...
. In 1998 he received the
Rožanc Award The Rožanc Award ( sl, Rožančeva nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best collection of essays in Slovene. It has been bestowed since 1993. It is named after the author, playwright and journalist Marjan Rožanc
...
for ''Krokiji in beležke'' (Sketches and Notes).
In February 2017, he received the
Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement in translation. In particular, he has translated eminent French writers and poets, his favourite being the poet
Jacques Prévert (1900–1977).
Published works
* ''Omara v kleti'' (Drawer in the Cellar), essay, 2010
* ''Zmenki'' (Dates), drama, 2006
* ''Zagatne zgodbe'' (Embarrassing Tales), short stories, 2004
* ''Krokiji in beležke'' (Sketches and Notes), essays, 1998
* ''Novi ogledi in pogledi'' (New Views and Viewings), theatre criticisms, 1997
* ''Ogledi in pogledi'' (Views and Viewings), theatre criticisms, 1984
* ''Gledališki besednjak'' (A Theatrical Glossary), 1981
* ''Dadaizem in nadrealizem'' (Dadaism and Surrealism), 1981
References
Writers from Ljubljana
Slovenian translators
Slovenian literary critics
Living people
1946 births
University of Ljubljana alumni
Prešeren Award laureates
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