Miklavž Komelj (born 10 July 1973) is a Slovene

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and

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. Komelj was born in

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in 1973. He studied

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at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana ( sl, Univerza v Ljubljani, , la, Universitas Labacensis), often referred to as UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 39,000 enrolled students. History Beginnings Although certain ...

and started publishing poetry in 1991. In 2006 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection ''Hipodrom'' and in 2010 the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection ''Nenaslovljiva imena''.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
/ref> In 2011 he received the Rožanc Award for ''Nujnost poezije''.

Poetry collections

* ''Luč delfina'' (1991) * ''Jantar časa'' (1995) * ''Rosa'' (2002) * ''Hipodrom'' (2006) * ''Nenaslovljiva imena'' (2008) Modra obleka (2011) Roke v dežju (2011) Noč je abstraktnejša kot N (2014) * ''* ‘‘Minima impossibilia‘‘ (2016) Liebestod (2017) 11 (2018) Stigmatizacija (2019) Goreča knjiga (2020)

Books of prose

Sovjetska knjiga (2012) Larvae (2019) Skrij me, sneg (2021)

Book of essays

Nujnost poezije (2010)

References

https://www.tupeloquarterly.com/ancient-modern-racetracks-an-interview-with-translator-dan-rosenberg-on-miklavz-komeljs-hippodrome-conducted-by-zach-savich/ Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian art historians Living people 1973 births Writers from Kranj Veronika Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni {{slovenia-writer-stub