Marko Kravos (born 16 May 1943) is a
Slovene poet, writer, essayist and translator from
Trieste
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, Italy.
He was born in
Montecalvo Irpino
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Located upon a hill oversighting Ufita Valley, the town is known for its bread (), which is granted PAT quality mark, and DOP olive oil.
In th ...
, a small village in the
Southern Italian region of
Irpinia
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Geography
The territ ...
, where his family was sent to
confination by the
Italian Fascist regime. He spent his childhood in Trieste, where he attended
Slovene language
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schools. After graduating in Slavic philology at the
University of Ljubljana
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History Beginnings
Although certain ...
in 1969, in
Slovenia
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(then part of
Yugoslavia
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), he worked in several publishing houses in Trieste. He also worked as a Slovene language professor at the
University of Trieste
The University of Trieste ( it, Università degli Studi di Trieste, or UniTS) is a public research university in Trieste in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. The university consists of 10 departments, boasts a wide and almos ...
. Between 1996 and 2000, he served as president of the Slovenian section of the
International P.E.N.
Kravos writes poetry, essays and
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
, as well as screenplays for radio. He is most renowned for his lyrical poems, which have been translated into 17 languages. His most famous poem is "Jason's Trace" (''Jazonova sled'').
Kravos also translates from Italian,
Croatian and Spanish to Slovene. He translated works by
Scipio Slataper,
Elio Vittorini
Elio Vittorini (; 23 July 1908 – 12 February 1966) was an Italian writer and novelist. He was a contemporary of Cesare Pavese and an influential voice in the modernist school of novel writing. His best-known work is the anti-fascist novel '' Co ...
and
Octavio Paz
Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican poet and diplomat. For his body of work, he was awarded the 1977 Jerusalem Prize, the 1981 Miguel de Cervantes Prize, the 1982 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, and ...
.
Awards
*1982
Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection ''
Tretje oko''
*2000
Astrolabio d'oro award for poetry
Notable works
Poetry
* ''Trinajst'', 1966
* ''Pesem'', 1969
* ''Trikotno jadro'', 1972
* ''Obute in bose'', 1976
* ''Paralele'', 1977
* ''Tretje oko'', 1979
* ''Napisi in nadpisi'', 1984
* ''V znamenju škržata'', 1985
* ''Sredozemlje'', 1987
* ''Ko so nageljni dišali'', 1988
* ''Obzorje in sled'', 1992
* ''Sredi zemlje Sredozemlje'', 1993
* ''Il richiamo del cucolo – Kukavičji klic'', 1994
* ''Krompir na srcu'', 1996
* ''Vreme za pesna – Vreme za pesem'', 1998
* ''Jazonova sled – Le tracce di Giasone – Jazonov trag'', 2000
* ''Sui due piedi'', 2001
* ''Potrkaj na žaro'', 2001
* ''Med repom in glavo'', 2008
Prose
Prose for adults
* ''Kratki časi – Trst iz žabje perspektive'', 1999
* ''U kratkim hlačicama'', 2002
Prose for children
* ''Tri pravljice: ena sladka, ena rahla, ena skoraj modra'', 1991
* ''Začarani grad'', 1993
* ''Male zgodbe iz velikega življenja Bineta Brrvinca'', 1994
* ''Ko je zemlja še rasla'', (1996)
* ''Hudič iz kravjega jajca in druge mastne zgodbe'', 1996
* ''Zlati rog'', 2002
* ''Škrat Škrip Škrap nagaja rad'', (200
* ''Podkovani zajec in modra oslica'', 2005
* ''Trst v žepu: pogled na zgodovino od popka dol'', 2006
* ''Ta prave od pet do glave'', 2010
Translations
*''
Zlati slanik – L'aringa d'oro'', 1974
*''
Baside – Besede'', 1985
*''
Petrica Kerempuh'', 1985
*''
Moj Kras'', 1988
*''
Zimska pravljica'', 1990
*''
Per certi versi – Po drugi strani'', 1995
*''
V tem strašnem času'', 1995
*''
La peicia'', 1996
*''
Moja vojna'', 2001
*''
Libertades minimas – Prostodušne malenkosti'', 2003
*''
Dis ale sole e di altre parole – Iz soli in sonca in drugih besed; la nuova generazione in poesia a Trieste: nova generacija v tržaški poeziji'', 2004
*''
Plastične pregrade, kljubovalno cvetličenje – Sintetiche siepi, ostinate inflorazioni'', 2007
References
Biography
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Slovenian poets
Slovenian male poets
Slovenian essayists
Slovenian translators
Italian–Slovene translators
Spanish–Slovene translators
Writers from Trieste
Italian Slovenes
University of Ljubljana alumni
University of Trieste faculty
Living people
1943 births