Andrej E. Skubic
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Andrej E. Skubic is a Slovene writer
, playwright
and translator.
Skubic was born in Ljubljana
in 1967. He studied English
and Slovene at the Arts Faculty of the University of Ljubljana
and also worked at the Faculty between 1998 and 2004 when he got his doctorate in Sociolinguistics
.
In 2000 he won the Kresnik Award
for his novel Grenki med
.
He lives in Ljubljana and works as a freelance writer and translator. Among others he has translated into Slovene works by Irvine Welsh
, Flann O'Brien
, Patrick McCabe
, James Joyce
, Samuel Beckett
, and Gertrude Stein
. In 2007 he got the Sovre Award for exceptional literary translation for his translations of the selected writings of Gertrude Stein and James Kelman
's novel How Late It Was, How Late
.
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and translator.
Skubic was born in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
in 1967. He studied English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Slovene at the Arts Faculty of the University of Ljubljana
University of Ljubljana
The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. With 64,000 enrolled graduate and postgraduate students, it is among the largest universities in Europe.-Beginnings:...
and also worked at the Faculty between 1998 and 2004 when he got his doctorate in Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any and all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on the way language is used, and the effects of language use on society...
.
In 2000 he won the Kresnik Award
Kresnik Award
Kresnik is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best novel in Slovene of the previous year. It has been bestowed since 1991 at summer solstice by the national newspaper house Delo. The awards ceremony is normally held on Rožnik hill above Ljubljana where the winner is invided to...
for his novel Grenki med
Grenki med
Grenki med is a novel by Slovenian author Andrej E. Skubic. It was first published in 1999....
.
He lives in Ljubljana and works as a freelance writer and translator. Among others he has translated into Slovene works by Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh
Irvine Welsh is a contemporary Scottish novelist, best known for his novel Trainspotting. His work is characterised by raw Scottish dialect, and brutal depiction of the realities of Edinburgh life...
, Flann O'Brien
Flann O'Brien
Brian O'Nolan was an Irish novelist, playwright and satirist regarded as a key figure in postmodern literature. Best known for novels such as At Swim-Two-Birds, The Third Policeman and An Béal Bocht and many satirical columns in The Irish Times Brian O'Nolan (5 October 1911 – 1 April 1966) was...
, Patrick McCabe
Patrick McCabe
Patrick McCabe is an Irish novelist, known for his mostly dark and violent novels set in contemporary, often small-town, Ireland. His books include The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto , both shortlisted for the Booker Prize...
, James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
, Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet. He wrote both in English and French. His work offers a bleak, tragicomic outlook on human nature, often coupled with black comedy and gallows humour.Beckett is widely regarded as among the most...
, and Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein was an American writer, poet and art collector who spent most of her life in France.-Early life:...
. In 2007 he got the Sovre Award for exceptional literary translation for his translations of the selected writings of Gertrude Stein and James Kelman
James Kelman
James Kelman is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays. His novel A Disaffection was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989...
's novel How Late It Was, How Late
How late it was, how late
How late it was, how late is a 1994 stream of consciousness novel written by Scottish writer James Kelman. The Glasgow-centred work is written in a working class Scottish dialect, and follows Sammy, a shoplifter and ex-convict.-Plot summary:...
.
Selected works
- Grenki medGrenki medGrenki med is a novel by Slovenian author Andrej E. Skubic. It was first published in 1999....
(Bitter Honey), novel, (1999) - Fužinski bluzFužinski bluzFužinski bluz is a novel by Slovenian author Andrej E. Skubic. It was first published in 2001....
(Fužine Blues), novel, (2001) - Norišnica (Madhouse), short stories, (2004)
- Obrazi jezika, book on linguistics, (2005)
- PopkornPopkorn (novel)Popkorn is a novel by Slovenian author Andrej E. Skubic. It was first published in 2006....
(Popcorn), novel, (2006) - Lahko, novel, (2009)
- Neskončni šteti dnevi, drama, (2009)
- Hura, Nosferatu, drama, (2009)
- Koliko si moja?, novel, (2011)