Maja Vidmar

Maja Vidmar
Born(1961-06-28)28 June 1961
Occupationpoet
Notable worksPrisotnost
Notable awardsJenko Award
2005 for Prisotnost
Prešeren Foundation Award
2006 for Prisotnost

Maja Vidmar (born 28 June 1961) is a Slovene poet, author of several poetry collections.[1][2]

For her collection of poems Prisotnost (Presence) she won the Jenko Award in 2005 [3] and the Prešeren Foundation Award in 2006.[4]

Poetry collections

  • Razdalje telesa (Body Distances), 1984
  • Način vezave (Ways of Binding), 1988
  • Ihta smeri (Urgent Direction: Selected Poems), 1989
  • Ob vznožju (At the Base), 1998
  • Prisotnost (Presence), 2005
  • Sobe (Rooms), 2008

References

  1. ^ "Arc Publications site". Six Slovenian Poets (in Slovenian). Arc Publications. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
  2. ^ Harold B. Segel The Columbia literary history of Eastern Europe since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2008, pg.241
  3. ^ Jenkova nagrada Maji Vidmar (The Jenko Awards Goes to Maja Vidmar), RTV Slovenija, 16 December 2005)
  4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients