Aleš Debeljak
Aleš Debeljak (born December 25, 1961 in Ljubljana , Yugoslavia , † January 28, 2016 ) was a Yugoslav and later Slovenian writer , poet and editor .
Debeljak studied philosophy , comparative literature and sociology in his hometown and in Syracuse . He lived in Ljubljana with his American wife Erica Johnson and their three children. There he taught cultural studies at the university .
Debeljak defined himself as a socially critical essayist and poet .
Awards
Debeljak won the Prešeren Prize , which is the Slovenian national book prize, the Miriam Lindberg Israel Poetry for Peace Prize -Tel Aviv and the Chiqyu Poetry Prize , Tokyo.
Works
Debeljak's books have been translated into English, Japanese, German, Croatian, Polish, Hungarian, Czech, Spanish, Slovak and Italian. In addition to his own works, Debeljak is also known as an editor. He is editor of the "Terra Inkognita: Writings from Central Europe", series of the White Pine Press.
Works in German
- Downfall of the idols , ISBN 3-85129-106-9 , Wieser Verlag
- In search of the lost paradise , Wieser Verlag, ISBN 3-85129-415-7
Works in English
- The City and the Child , ISBN 1-877727-99-7 , White Pine Press
- Twilight of the Idols : Recollections of a Lost Yugoslavia, ISBN 1-877727-51-2 , White Pine Press
- Selected Essays , ISBN 9989-59-294-2 , Blesok
- Anxious Moments , ISBN 1-877727-35-0 , White Pine Press
- Dictionary of Silence , ISBN 0-930829-45-X , Lumen Books
- Individualism and Metaphors of Nation , ISBN 0-7425-1780-2 , Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Web links
- Literature by and about Aleš Debeljak in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Debeljak, Aleš |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian writer, poet and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 2016 |