Milan Jesih

Milan Jesih
Born	1950 Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	poet, playwright, translator
Notable work(s)	Soneti, Soneti drugi, Jambi, Grenki sadeži pravice
Notable award(s)	Prešeren Award 2002 for his poetic opus

Milan Jesih (born 1950) is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He is the current president of the Slovene Writers' Association.^[1]

Jesih wa born in Ljubljana in 1950. He studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and was a member of the avant-garde poetry group 442. He is known for his translations from English and Russian into Slovene (Shakespeare, Chekhov, Bulgakov).^[2]

He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1986 for his poetry collection Usta and for his plays.^[3] and the Grand Prešeren Award in 2002 for his for his poetic opus.^[4]

Poetry collections

• Uran v urinu, gospodar! (1972)
• Legende (1974)
• Kobalt (1976)
• Volfram (1980)
• Usta (1985)
• Soneti (1989)
• Soneti drugi (1993)
• Jambi (2000)

References

1. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site" (in Slovene). Slovene writers' portal. DSP Slovene Writers' Association. 
2. ^ Scottish Poetry Library site
3. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipents
4. ^ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipents

Persondata
Name	Jesih, Milan
Alternative names
Short description	poet, playwright
Date of birth	1950
Place of birth	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Date of death
Place of death