Kajetan Kovič
Kajetan Kovič (born October 21, 1931 in Maribor , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , today Slovenia ; † November 7, 2014 ) was a Yugoslav and later Slovenian poet.
life and work
Kovič received his diploma in world literature and literary theory at the University of Ljubljana in 1956 . From 1956 to 1957 he worked as a journalist, from 1958 to 1992 as a lecturer for beautiful literature and editor-in-chief at the Državna založba Slovenije publishing house in Ljubljana. Kovič had study stays in Paris (1961/62) and Prague (1966) and took part in many international writers' meetings. a .: Poetry International , Rotterdam 1996; Around the Castle , Vienna 1999; Encontro international de poetas , Coimbra 2001; Central Europe Biennial , Schiltigheim-Strasbourg 2001; Il cammino delle comete , Pistoia, 2004. He was a member of the Slovenian PEN and since 1991 a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts . He received numerous prizes, including a. 1978 the Prešeren Prize , the highest literary prize in Slovenia, 2002 the Central European Time Price (CET) in Budapest.
He translated Heinrich Heine , Rainer Maria Rilke , Stefan George and Georg Heym .
Works (selection of German translations)
- Golden ships , Plochingen 1969 (poems)
- Elder hours , Graz 1983 (poems) 2005 new edition. at Kitab-Verlag Klagenfurt
- Sibirski Ciklus / Siberian Cycle , Graz 1994 (poems)
- Sommer , Klagenfurt 2000 (poems)
- Der Drache Wirrwarr , Hersching 1985, Klagenfurt 2003 (children's book)
- Kater Murr , Hersching 1985, Klagenfurt 2003 (children's book)
- My friend Piki Jakob , Klagenfurt 1999 (children's book)
- Professor of Imagination , trans. v. Andreas Leben, Klagenfurt 1998.
- Neither God nor Animal , Kitab, Klagenfurt 2005
- Grenzgänger / Mejaš (together with Alois Hergouth, poems German-Slovenian), Graz 1988.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kajetan Kovič in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biographical information on the website of the Slovenian Academy (Slovenian)
- Obituary on dnevnik.si (Slovenian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kovič, Kajetan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav-Slovenian poet and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 21, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maribor |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 7, 2014 |