Andrej Medved (born 3 February 1947) is a Slovene

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and

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. He has published numerous poetry collections. Medved was born in

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in 1947. He studied

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and

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at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an editor at various publications including the ''Le Livre Slovène'', the predecessor of the current ''Litterae slovenicae'', published by the

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. He currently works as a

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at the ''Coastal Galleries'' in Piran and is editor of the ''Artes'' and ''Hyperion'' series. He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 2003 for his poetry collection ''Hiperion'', the

Jenko Award The Jenko Award ( sl, Jenkova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 1986 by the Slovene Writers' Association. It is name ...

in 2008 for his poetry collection ''Približevanja'' (Convergences)RTV Slovenija ''Novi Jenkov nagrajenec je Andrej Medved'' (The New Jenko Laureate is Andej Medved, 20 October 2008)
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Veronika Award The Veronika Award ( sl, Veronikina nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best Slovene language, Slovene poetry collection of the year. It has been bestowed since 1997 by the Celje, Municipality of Celje at the Veronika ...

in 2010 for ''Razlagalec sanj'' (Interpreter of Dreams).

Poetry collections

* ''Vrtovi Prispodob, žalobni lokvanji užitkov'' (Gardens of Metaphors, Gloomy Water Lilies of Pleasures), 2011 * ''Približevanja'' (Convergences), 2008 * ''Svetloba, v labirintu'', 2007 * ''Vmesnost'', 2007 * ''Ekloge'', 2007 * ''Medprostor: allegro ma non troppo'', 2007 * ''Priprtja & odstiranja'', 2006 * ''Rimske elegije'', 2004 * ''Nevarna razmerja'', 2004 * ''Kitara'', 2004 * ''Terpsihora'', 2003 * ''Labirinti'', 2003 * ''Hiperion'', 2002 * ''Pesmi'', 2001 * ''Uroki in prerokbe'', 2001 * ''Kilini'', 1996 * ''Videnja'', 1994 * ''Telo losa'', 1992 * ''Glava'', 1987 * ''Ogenj, ogenj pada'', 1974 * ''Sled'', 1971 * ''Po poti vrnitve, po poti bega'', 1969 * ''Toujours de nouveau (Vedno znova)'', 1966

References

Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian editors Slovenian translators Living people 1947 births Writers from Ljubljana Veronika Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-writer-stub