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The Jenko Award is a literary award in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 1986 by the Slovene Writers' Association

Slovene Writers' Association

The Slovene Writers' Association is a non-profit association of Slovene writers based in Ljubljana.The Association was founded on 21 April 1872 in Ljubljana at the initiative of Davorin Trstenjak who also became its first president. It operated under various names over the years and re-adopted its...

Year	Author	Poetry Collection	Title in English	Publisher	Year of publication
2011	Primož Čučnik	Kot dar	As a Gift	LUD Šerpa	2010
2010	Ivo Svetina	Sfingin hlev	The Sphynx' Stable	Goga	2010
2009	Aleš Debeljak Aleš Debeljak Aleš Debeljak , is a Slovenian cultural critic, poet, and essayist.- Biography :Debeljak was born in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana in 1985...	Tihotapci	Bootleggers	Mladinska knjiga	2009
2008	Andrej Medved	Približevanja	Convergences	Hyperion	2008
2007	Tomaž Šalamun Tomaz Salamun Tomaž Šalamun is a Slovenian poet. He was born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia, and raised in Koper, Slovenia. He has published 39 collections of poetry in his native Slovenian language. Šalamun spent two years at the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop in the 1970s and has lived for periods of time in...	Sinji stolp	Blue Tower	Beletrina	2007
2006	Josip Osti Josip Osti Josip Osti is a Bosnian poet, prose writer and essayist, literary critic, anthologist and translator.Osti was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Sarajevo...	Vse ljubezni so nenavadne	All Loves are Unusual	Litera	2006
2006	Miklavž Komelj	Hipidrom	Hippodrome	Mladinska knjiga	2006
2005	Maja Vidmar	Prisotnosti	Attendances	Center za slovensko književnost	2005
2004	Ciril Bergles	Moj dnevnik priča	My Diary Speaks	Center za slovensko književnost	2004
2004	Jože Snoj Jože Snoj Jože Snoj is a Slovenian poet, novelist, journalist and essayist.He was born in Maribor, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, into a wealthy Slovene family. His uncle, Franc Snoj, was a prominent member of the Slovene People's Party and a minister in the Royal Yugoslav Government...	Poslikava notranjščine	Painting Interiors	Cankarjeva založba	2004
2003	Brane Mozetič	Banalije	Banalities	Škuc	2003
2002	Erika Vouk	Opis slike	Picture Description	Litera	2002
2001	Milan Jesih Milan Jesih Milan Jesih is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He is the current president of the Slovene Writers' Association.Jesih wa born in Ljubljana in 1950. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the avant-garde poetry group 442...	Jambi	Iambi	Mladinska knjiga	2000
2000	Uroš Zupan	Drevo in vrabec	The Tree and the Sparrow	LUD Literatura	1999
1999	Niko Grafenauer Niko Grafenauer Niko Grafenauer is a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary historian, editor and translator. He is particularly known as author of popular children literature, and for his active participation in the Slovenian public life, especially in conservative and liberal conservative platforms.He was born in...	Odtisi	Impressions	Nova revija	1999
1998	Dane Zajc Dane Zajc Dane Zajc was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association , and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement...	Dol dol	Down Down	Nova revija	1998
1997	Peter Semolič	Hiša iz besed	House of Words	Aleph	1996
1996	Iztok Osojnik Iztok Osojnik Iztok Osojnik is a Slovenian poet and essayist.He was born in Ljubljana. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana under the supervision of the famous literary historian and philosopher Dušan Pirjevec...	Klesani kamni	Carved Stones	Obzorja	1995
1996	Alojz Ihan	Južno dekle	Southern Girl	Mihelač	1995
1995	Boris A. Novak	Mojster nespečnosti	Master of Insomnia	Mladinska knjiga	1995
1994	Svetlana Makarovič Svetlana Makarovič Svetlana Makarovič is a Slovenian writer of prose, poetry, children's books, and picture books, and is also an actress, illustrator and chanteuse .She has been called "The First Lady of Slovenian poetry." She is also noted for borrowing from Slovenian folklore to tell stories of rebellious and...	Tisti čas	That Time	Mladika	1993
1993	Kajetan Kovič Kajetan Kovič Kajetan Kovič is a Slovene poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is best known for his poems and has written several bestselling children's books....	Sibirski ciklus	Siberian Cycle	Mihelač	1992
1992	Jure Detela	Pesmi	Poems	Wieser	1992
1991	Milan Dekleva Milan Dekleva Milan Dekleva is a Slovene poet, writer, playwright, composer and journalist.Dekleva was born in Ljubljana in 1946. He graduated in comparative literature from the University of Ljubljana and...	Odjedanje božjega	Eating Away the Divine	Emonica	1988
1990	Milan Jesih Milan Jesih Milan Jesih is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He is the current president of the Slovene Writers' Association.Jesih wa born in Ljubljana in 1950. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the avant-garde poetry group 442...	Soneti	Sonets	Wieser	1989
1989	Aleš Debeljak Aleš Debeljak Aleš Debeljak , is a Slovenian cultural critic, poet, and essayist.- Biography :Debeljak was born in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated from comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana in 1985...	Slovar tišine	Dictionary of Silence	Aleph	1987
1988	Tomaž Šalamun Tomaz Salamun Tomaž Šalamun is a Slovenian poet. He was born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia, and raised in Koper, Slovenia. He has published 39 collections of poetry in his native Slovenian language. Šalamun spent two years at the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop in the 1970s and has lived for periods of time in...	Mera časa	A Measure of Time	Cankarjeva založba	1987
1987	Veno Taufer Veno Taufer Veno Taufer is a Slovenian poet, essayist, translator and playwright. Together with Dane Zajc and Gregor Strniša, he is considered one of the foremost Slovenian modernist poets of the postwar era...	Vodenjaki	Waterlings	Državna založba	1986
1986	Niko Grafenauer Niko Grafenauer Niko Grafenauer is a Slovenian poet, essayist, literary historian, editor and translator. He is particularly known as author of popular children literature, and for his active participation in the Slovenian public life, especially in conservative and liberal conservative platforms.He was born in...	Palimpsesti	Palimpsests	Mladinska knjiga	1984

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