Janez Menart
Janez Menart (ⓘ) (29 September 1929 – 22 January 2004) was a Slovene poet, best known for his Intimist poetry. He translated a number of classic French and English poetry and drama works into Slovene, including Shakespeare's sonnets.
Janez Menart | |
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| Born | September 29, 1929 Maribor, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | January 22, 2004 (aged 74) Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupation | poet, translator |
| Period | first post-war generation |
| Genre | lyrical, narrative, and satirical poetry |
| Literary movement | Intimism |
| Notable works | Poems of the Four, First Autumn, Newspaper Verse, White Fairytale, Traffic Lights of the Youth, Under the Plague Spot, Medieval Ballads, translations of classical French and English poetry and plays |
| Notable awards | Award of the City of Ljubljana 1965 Translation of Shakespeare's sonnets Sovre Award 1975 Reworkings of poems by Robert Burns and Lord Byron Župančič Award 1978 collection of poems Under the Plague Spot Prešeren Award 1979 (declined) collections and translations of poetry Sovre Award 1988 Collected works of François Villon |
| Spouse | Tonka Menart |
| Children | one daughter: Barbara Menart Senica |
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