The Rožanc Award () is a literary award in

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

awarded each year for the best collection of

essay An essay ( ) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a Letter (message), letter, a term paper, paper, an article (publishing), article, a pamphlet, and a s ...

s in Slovene. It has been bestowed since 1993. It is named after the author, playwright and journalist

Marjan Rožanc Marjan Rožanc (; 21 November 1930 – 18 September 1990) was a Slovenian author, playwright, and journalist. He is mostly known for his essays, and is considered one of the foremost essayists in Slovene language, Slovene, along with Ivan Canka ...

Rožanc Award laureates

References

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