Marko Kravos
Marko Kravos (born May 16, 1943 in Montecalvo Irpino ) is an Italian writer of the Slovenian language.
Life
Marko Kravos' family had been deported to Campania by the Italian fascist regime . After the war he grew up in Trieste and attended the Slovenian school there. Kravos studied Slavic Studies at the University of Ljubljana in Yugoslavia until 1969 . He then worked for various publishing houses in Trieste. For several years he taught Slovene language and literature at the University of Trieste .
From 1996 to 2000 he was chairman of the Slovenian PEN
Kravos writes poetry, prose and children's books. He translates Italian literature into Slovenian. He received the Prešeren Prize in 1981 , the L'Astrolabio d'oro in Pisa in 2000 , the Premio Reggio Calabria for poetry in 2007 and the Scritture di frontiera award in Trieste in 2008.
Works (selection)
- Poetry (from 2000)
- Potrkaj na žaro . Grosuplje: Mondena, 2001
- Lyubezenske . Ljubljana: Knjižna zadruga, 2003
- Med repom in glavo . Maribor: Litera, 2008
- Sol na jezik - Sale sulla lingua . Trst: ZTT, Trst, 2013
- V came, v vodo: jubilejna . Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga, 2013
- prose
- Kratki časi - Trst iz žabje perspective . Ljubljana: Knjižna zadruga, 1999
- Trst v žepu . Ljubljana: DZS, 2006
- Children's books
-
Ko je zemlja še rasla . Celovec: Mohorjeva družba, 1996
- When the earth was still small . Pictures Klavdij Palčič . Translation by Fabjan Hafner . Klagenfurt: Hermagoras, 2000 ISBN 978-3-85013-785-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Marko Kravos in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Literature by and about Marko Kravos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marko Kravos , at drustvo
- Marko Kravos , at primorci
- Marko Kravos , at notturnidiversi
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kravos, Marko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montecalvo Irpino |