Primož Čučnik

Primož Čučnik (born 1 June 1971) is a Slovene poet, editor and translator. He has published numerous poetry collections.[1]

Primož Čučnik
Born (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971
Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
OccupationPoet, editor and translator
Notable worksDelo in dom, Kot dar, Mikado
Notable awardsPrešeren Foundation Award
2008 for Delo in dom
Jenko Award
2011 for Kor dar
Veronika Award
2012 for Mikado

Čučnik was born in Ljubljana in 1971. He studied philosophy and sociology of culture at the University of Ljubljana and works as an editor at the literary journal Literatura.[2][3]

He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 2008 for his poetry collection Delo in dom[4] and the Jenko Award in 2011 for his poetry collection Kot dar.[5] In 2012 he won the Veronika Award for his collection entitled Mikado.[6]

Poetry collections
  • Dve zimi (1999)
  • Ritem v rôkah (2002)
  • Oda na manhatanski aveniji (2003)
  • Akordi (2004)
  • Nova okna (2005)
  • Sekira v medu:izbrane pesmi (2006)
  • Delo in dom (2007)
  • Kot dar (2010)
  • Mikado (2012)

Essays
  • Spati na krilu (2008)

References
  1. "Primož Čučnik". Banipal. Banipal. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. "Literatura_Magazine". Culture.si site. Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  3. Literatura Literary Journal site Archived 3 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
  5. Delo Jenkovo nagrado 2011 prejme Primož Čučnik (Jenko Prize for 2011 goes to Primož Čučnik, 19 October 2011)
  6. Veronika Award official site


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