Maruša Krese

Maruša Krese
Born	13 April 1947(1947-04-13) Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	poet, writer, journalist
Notable work(s)	Vsi moji božiči, Vse moje vojne
Notable award(s)	Fabula Award 2008 Vsi moji božiči

Maruša Krese (born 13 April 1947) is a Slovene poet, writer and journalist.^[1] She lives and works in Berlin. In 1997 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her humanitarian efforts in the Bosnian War.

Krese was born in Ljubljana in 1947. She studied literature and art history at the University of Ljubljana and psychodrama and Gestalt therapy in the United States in the early 1970's. She worked as a group therapist in Ljubljana and Tübingen and was a Slovene radio correspondent in Berlin in the early 1990's. Since 1992 she has been working as a freelance journalist and writer in Berlin.^[2] In 2008 she won the Fabula Award for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for her work Vsi moji božiči (All my Christmases).^[3]

Prose

• Vsi moji božiči (All my Christmases), short stories, (2006)
• Vse moje vojne (All my Wars), short stories, (2009)

Poetry

• Danes (Today), (1989)
• Postaje (Stations), (1992)
• Sarajevo, ljubavi moja (Sarajevo, My Love), (1994)
• Beseda (The Word), (1994)
• Selbst das Testament ging verloren (Even the Will was Lost), (2001)
• Yorkshire Tasche (Yorkshire Bag) (2003)
• Heute nicht (Not Today) (2009)

References

1. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site" (in Slovene). Slovene writers' portal. DSP Slovene Writers' Association. http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1424/detail.html. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 
2. ^ KulturServerGraz - City of Graz cultural centre site
3. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site" (in Slovene). Fabula Award. DSP Slovene Writers' Association. http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/drustvo_slovenskih_pisateljev/prireditve_nagrade/648/detail.html. Retrieved 13 November 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Krese, Marusa
Alternative names
Short description	poet, writer, journalist
Date of birth	13 April 1947
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date of death
Place of death