Ivan Minatti | |
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Born | Slovenske Konjice, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) | 22 March 1924
Died | 9 June 2012 Ljubljana, Slovenia | (aged 88)
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Nationality | Slovenian |
Literary movement | Slovene Intimism |
Notable works | You Have to Love Somebody (poem collection), The Pain of the Unexperienced (poem collection), I Listen to the Silence Inside Me (poem collection) |
Notable awards | Prešeren Fund Award 1964 for the poem collection You Have to Love Somebody Sovre Award 1972 for the translations of Kočo Racin and Izet Sarajlić Prešeren Award 1985 for the poem collection I Listen to the Silence Inside Me Veronika Award 2009 for his life work |
Ivan Minatti (22 March 1924 – 9 June 2012) was a Slovene poet, translator, and editor.[1] He started writing poetry before World War II but principally belongs to the first postwar generation of Slovene poets.[2] He is one of the best representatives of Slovene Intimism.[1]