Andrei Blatnik

Andrej Blatnik in India, 2010

Andrej Blatnik (born May 22, 1963 ) is a Slovenian  writer ,  journalist  and  university lecturer . 

Life

Blatnik studied American literature at the University of Ljubljana . Blatnik first played as a bass player in a punk band ; at the age of 20 he published his first volume of short stories ( Šopki za Adama venijo ), for which he received the 1984 Zlata ptica award. Today he works as a publishing editor at the renowned Laibach publishing house Cankarjeva založba and teaches creative writing . From 2007 to 2015 he was chairman of the jury for the international Vilenica literary award. Two novels, three volumes of short stories, numerous pieces for radio and essays have been published so far. His short stories have so far been translated into around 30 languages; over 25 books appeared in countries other than Slovenia. He translated works by Anaïs Nin , Stephen King , Sylvia Plath and Paul Bowles from American English into Slovenian .

He is considered one of the most famous Slovenian writers of the younger generation.

Book publications in German

• The law of emptiness . Stories. Vienna / Bozen: Folio-Verlag , 2001. ISBN 978-3-85256-187-5 . (Slovak.  Zakon želje . Študentska založba: Ljubljana 2000.)
• The day Tito died and other tales . Vienna / Bozen: Folio-Verlag, 2005. ISBN 978-3-85256-298-8 . (Slov.  Menjave kož . Emonica: Ljubljana 1990.)
• Change me . Novel. Vienna / Bozen: Folio-Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-85256-494-4 . (Slov. Spremeni me . Založba Litera: Maribor 2008.)

All works were translated into German by Klaus Detlef Olof .

Awards

• Zlata ptica 1984 for the volume of short stories Šopki za Adama venijo
• Župančičeva Prize of the City of Ljubljana 1991 for the band Menjave kož
•  2002 Prešeren Prize for  Zakon želje 
• Shortlist for the Kresnik Prize  2009 for the novel  Spremeni me  (as one of the best Slovenian-language novels of the year)

Web links

• Homepage of the author (Slovenian / English)
• Literature by and about Andrej Blatnik in the catalog of the  German National Library
• Information about the author on the website of the Folio-Verlag
• Short biography on the website of the Slovenian Writers' Union (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ O Vilenici. Društvo slovenskih pisateljev, accessed October 12, 2017 (slo). 
2. ↑ Andrej Blatnik: Knjige in Objave. Retrieved October 12, 2017 (slo). 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Društvo slovenskih pisateljev: Andrej Blatnik. Retrieved October 12, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Imenski seznam Župančičevih nagrajencev 1965 - 2016. (No longer available online.) Mestna občina Ljubljana (Municipality of Ljubljana), archived from the original on October 12, 2017 ; accessed on October 12, 2017 (slo). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Dnevnik: Kresnik: Kdo bo letos razglašen za avtorja najboljšega romana? Retrieved October 12, 2017 (slo).