Katarina Marinčič is a Slovene writer

Writer

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 and literary historian

History of literature

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. She has a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in French literature

French literature

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 and teaches and is a member of the Senate

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 at the Arts Faculty at the University of Ljubljana

University of Ljubljana

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In 2002 Marinčič 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 her novel Prikrita harmonija (Hidden Harmony). The novel is a family chronicle set in the period around the First World War. In 2007 she won the Fabula Award

Fabula Award

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for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for her book O treh (About The Three).

Selected works

• Tereza, novel, (1989)
• Rožni vrt, novel, (1992)
• Prikrita harmonija (Hidden Harmony), novel, (2001)
• O treh (About The Three), three novellas, (2005)