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Andrej Medved

Slovene poet, editor and translator (born 1947)

Andrej Medved (born 3 February 1947) is a Slovene poet, editor and translator. He has published numerous poetry collections.

Medved was born in Ljubljana in 1947. He studied philosophy and history of art at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an editor at various publications including the Le Livre Slovène, the predecessor of the current Litterae slovenicae, published by the Slovene Writers' *ociation. He currently works as a curator at the Coastal Galleries in Piran and is editor of the Artes and Hyperion series.

He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 2003 for his poetry collection Hiperion, the Jenko Award in 2008 for his poetry collection Približevanja (Convergences) and the Veronika Award in 2010 for Razlagalec sanj (Interpreter of Dreams).

Poetry collections

  • Vrtovi Prispodob, žalobni lokvanji užitkov (Gardens of Metaphors, Gloomy Water Lilies of Pleasures), 2011
  • Približevanja (Convergences), 2008
  • Svetloba, v labirintu, 2007
  • Vmesnost, 2007
  • Ekloge, 2007
  • Medprostor: allegro ma non troppo, 2007
  • Priprtja & odstiranja, 2006
  • Rimske elegije, 2004
  • Nevarna razmerja, 2004
  • Kitara, 2004
  • Terpsihora, 2003
  • Labirinti, 2003
  • Hiperion, 2002
  • Pesmi, 2001
  • Uroki in prerokbe, 2001
  • Kilini, 1996
  • Videnja, 1994
  • Telo losa, 1992
  • Glava, 1987
  • Ogenj, ogenj pada, 1974
  • Sled, 1971
  • Po poti vrnitve, po poti bega, 1969
  • Toujours de nouveau (Vedno znova), 1966

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