Goran Vojnović
Goran Vojnović (born June 11, 1980 in Ljubljana , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) is a Slovenian writer , screenwriter and film director .
Life
Vojnović studied directing at the Academy for Theater, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana .
He is a successful film and television director ( Fužine zakon , Sezona 90/91, Moj sin, seksualni manijak) as well as a film and television author ( Good Luck Nedim , Heart of Sarajevo Award, nominated for the European Film Award 2006). His debut novel Cefurji out! , which, like many of his works, deals with the coexistence of Slovenes and immigrants from the former Yugoslav successor states, caused a sensation and Vojnović registered a criminal complaint from the Slovenian deputy police chief.
He lives and works in Ljubljana.
Literary works
- Čefurji out !. Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2008, ISBN 978-961-242-149-6 .
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Jugoslavija, moja dežela . Ljubljana: Študentska založba, 2012, ISBN 978-961-242-399-5 .
- German: Father's country. Novel. Translated from the Slovenian by Klaus Detlef Olof , Vienna / Bozen: Folio-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-85256-686-3 .
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Figa . Ljubljana: Beletrina, 2016, ISBN 978-961-284-178-2 .
- German: Under the fig tree. Novel . From the Slovenian by Klaus Detlef Olof, Vienna / Bozen: Folio-Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-85256-749-5
Awards
Goran Vojnović received the Kresnik Prize of the Laibacher Zeitung Delo (best novel of the year) for each of his three novels . Out for Čefurji! he was also awarded the highest Slovenian literary prize, the Prešeren Prize.
Web links
- Literature by and about Goran Vojnović in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and overview of the literary prizes received so far, Verlag Beletrina (Slovenian)
- Short biography on the website of the literature agency Partner + Propaganda
- Short biography on the Folio-Verlag website
- Filmography in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Goran Vojnovic. Literature agency Partner + Propaganda, accessed on August 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Goran Vojnović. In: Društvo slovenskih pisateljev / Slovene Writers' Association. Retrieved August 11, 2018 (Slovenian).
- ↑ Kresnik 2009 / 2013 . Knjižni molji. Med.Over.net (Slovenian)
- ↑ Nagrada Kresnik: Med desetimi pet Literinih. Časnik Večer doo (Slovenian daily newspaper), April 23, 2018, accessed on August 11, 2018 (Slovenian).
- ↑ List of the award winners. Ministerstvo za kulturo, Ljubljana, accessed on 15 August 2018 (Slovenian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vojnović, Goran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ljubljana |