Jani Virk
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Born | Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) | 4 March 1962
Occupation | writer, poet, translator and editor |
Notable works | Pogled na Tycho Brache |
Notable awards | Prešeren Foundation Award 1999 for Pogled na Tycho Brache |
Jani Virk (born 4 March 1962) is a Slovene writer, poet, translator and editor. He writes poetry, short stories, essays, novels and scripts and translates from German into Slovene.[1]
Virk was born in Ljubljana in 1962. He studied at the German and Comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana. During his studies, he worked in Chicago, London and Germany as a manual worker. In his youth, he trained for the Yugoslavian National Ski Team and he briefly worked as a ski coach. Later, he worked as an editor at the Literatura literary journal, the newspaper Slovenec and at the national broadcasting house.[2] From 2010, he is the editor of the Drama department at RTV Slovenia.
In 1999 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his collection of short stories Pogled na Tycho Brache (A View of Tycho Brahe).[3] In 2014, he completed a Doctorate Degree in German studies, where he researched the theme of the Middles Ages in film and literature.
Published works
Short stories
- Preskok (The Jump Over), 1987
- Vrata in druge zgodbe (The Door and Other Stories), 1991
- Moški nad prepadom (Man Above the Abyss), 1994
- Izza potresa:novele (From Behind the Earthquake), 1995 (with Lela B. Njatin and Jože Hudeček)
- Pogled na Tycho Brache (A View of Tycho Brahe), 1998
- Med drevesi (Among the Trees), 2016
- Metulj v jantarju (Butterfly in the amber), 2023
Poetry
- Tečeva čez polje (We Run Across the Field), 1990
Essay Collection
- Na robu resničnosti (On the Edge of Reality), 1992
Novels
- Rahela (Rachel), 1989
- 1895, potres:kronika nenadejane ljubezni (1895, Earthquake: A Chronicle of an Unexpected Love), 1995
- Zadnja Sergijeva skušnjava (Sergij's Final Temptation), 1996
- Smeh za leseno pregrado (Laughter From Beyond the Wooden Barrier), 2000
- Aritmija (Arrhythmia), 2004
- Ljubezen v zraku (Love in the Air), 2009
- Kar je odnesla reka, kar je odnesel dim (What the River Swept Away, What Was Carried Away by Smoke), 2012
- Brez imena (No Name), 2018
- Jaka in Vane, zgodba iz osemdesetih (Jaka and Vane, A Story From the Eighties), 2021
- Vrnitev domov (Coming back home) 2023
For Young Readers
- Regata (Regata), 1995 (in Bosnian, translated by Josip Osti)
- Poletje na snegu (Summer on the Snow), 2003
Awards
- Lake Balaton TV festival, Best script, Vaški učitelj, 1995
- Prix Europa, Best script nomination for Vaški učitelj, 1995
- The Prešeren Foundation Award, 1999
- Pazin International Publishers' Award, 2000
- Njegoš Award (Montenegrin International Award) nomination, Med drevesi, 2017
- Župančič Award, Med drevesi, 2018
References
- ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ Read Central, Slovenian literature in translation site
- ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients [dead link]
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