Boris A. Novak (born 3 December 1953) is a Slovene

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and editor. Novak was born in 1953 in Belgrade where he also spent his early childhood. He completed secondary schooling in

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and studied

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and Philosophy at the

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and worked as a

at the Slovene National Theatre and as a lecturer at the University. He has also been involved in humanitarian work and was in 2002 elected vice-president of International PEN. He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1984 for his poetry collection ''1001 stih'' (1001 verses).Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
and the Jenko Award in 1995 for the collection ''Mojster nespečnosti'' (Master of Insomnia).

Poetry collections

* ''Stihožitje'', (1977) * ''Hči spomina'', (1981) * ''1001 stih'', (1983) * ''Kronanje'',(1984) * ''Vrtnar tišine - Gardener of Silence'', bilingual collection (1990) * ''Oblike sveta'', (1991) * ''Stihija'', (1991) * ''Mojster nespečnosti'', (1995) * ''Oblike srca'', (1997) * ''Odsotnost'', (1999) * ''Alba'', (1999) * ''Odmev'', (2000) * ''Žarenje'', (2003) * ''Obredi slovesa'', (2005)

Poetry for children

* ''Prebesedimo besede!'', (1981) * ''Domišljija je povsod doma'', (1984) * ''Periskop'', (1989) * ''Blabla'', (1995) * ''Zarja časa'', (1997) * ''Čarovnije sveta'', (1999) * ''Kako rastejo stvari'', (2004)

References

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