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Name
  
France Forstneric


Role
  
Poet

Awards
  
Preseren Fund Award

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Born
  
29 January 1933Pobrezje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) (
1933-01-29
)

Occupation
  
poet, writer and journalist

Notable awards
  
Levstik Award1970 SrakacPreseren Foundation Award1972 Pijani kurent

Died
  
May 22, 2007, Maribor, Slovenia

Notable works
  
Pijani kurent, Srakac

Literarna hi a france forstneri


France Forstnerič (29 January 1933 – 22 May 2007) was a Slovene poet, writer, and journalist.

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Forstnerič was born in Pobrežje near Ptuj in 1933. He trained as a teacher and taught for a number of years before becoming a journalist in 1958. He worked for the newspapers Večer and Delo and also obtained a degree in sociology from the University of Ljubljana in 1979. He wrote for adults and children. He is best known for his poetry that he started publishing in the early 1960s. In 1970 he won the Levstik Award for his book Srakač. In 1972 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his collection of poems entitled Pijani kurent (The Drunken Kurent).

Published works

Poetry collections
  • Zelena ječa (The Green Jail), 1961
  • Dolgo poletje (The Long Summer), 1968
  • Pijani kurent (The Drunken Kurent), 1971
  • Pesniški list 32 (The Poet's List 32), 1976
  • Izbor Pesmi (Collected Poems), 1979
  • Ljubstava, 1981
  • Drava življenja (The River Drava of Life), 1993
  • Prose
  • Jabolko (The Apple), 1979
  • Brlog (The Den), short stories, 1987
  • For Young Readers
  • Srakač, 1970
  • Bela murva (The White Mulberry), poems, 1976
  • References

    France Forstnerič Wikipedia


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