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Iztok Geister

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Name
  
Iztok Geister

Role
  
Writer

Awards
  
Preseren Fund Award


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Born
  
20 August 1945 Lasko, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) (
1945-08-20
)

Occupation
  
Writer, poet, essayist, lawyer and ornithologist

Notable works
  
Levitve, Pospala pozelenja

Notable awards
  
Rozanc Award 2001 for Levitve Preseren Foundation Award 2004 for Pospala pozelenja

Books
  
Pospala poželenja, Eternal cycle

Iztok Geister (born 20 August 1945) is a Slovene writer, poet, essayist and ornithologist. He is best known for his avant-garde poetry from the mid-1960s and 1970s. He is also one of the founding members of the Slovenian branch of BirdLife International.

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Geister was born in Laško in 1945. He studied Law at the University of Ljubljana but has worked as a free lance artist and naturalist for over thirty years. In 2001 he received the Rožanc Award for his essays Levitve (Moultings). In 2005 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his book Pospala poželenja.

Prose

  • Levitve (2001)
  • Pospala poželenja (2002)
  • Mojster zloženih peruti (2003)
  • Ljubljansko barje (1995)
  • Nenavadni izleti : v slovensko naravo (2003)
  • Sečoveljske soline (2004)
  • Naravni zakladi Brda pri Kranju (2006)

    • References

    Iztok Geister Wikipedia
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