Jurij Hudolin

Jurij Hudolin (born 29 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, columnist and translator. He has published a number of poetry collections and novels and is known for the rich language he uses and a rebellious rejectionist stance towards the world.[1]

Jurij Hudolin
Slovene poet, writer, columnist and translator
Born	(1973-05-29)29 May 1973 Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	Poet, writer, editor, translator
Notable works	Govori ženska, Pastorek, Vrvohodec, Ingrid Rosenfeld

Hudolin was born in 1973 in Ljubljana. He grew up in Ljubljana and for a while near Pula in Istria before returning to Ljubljana to complete his secondary education and going on to study comparative literature and Serbo-Croatian at the University of Ljubljana. He published his first collection of poetry entitled Če je laž kralj (If Lies are King) in 1991 and has since published a further six poetry collections as well as three novels. His columns are regularly published in Mladina, Delo, Dnevnik, Večer and other journals and newspapers and he published a selection of them in a book in 2004 titled Pusti ti to (You Leave That Alone).[2] His poetry has been published in many literary journals and anthologies both at home and abroad[3][4] and his novels are well received amongst reades and critics alike.

In 2014 his novel Ingrid Rosenfeld was shortlisted for the Kresnik Award.[5]