Aleš Berger (born 18 September 1946) is a Slovene writer, translator and

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. Berger was born in

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in 1946. He studied

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and French at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

and worked as an editor and theatre critic. He is known for his translations into Slovene from French ( Lautréamont,

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, Beckett,

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and

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) and Spanish (

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). In 1987 he received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his translation of Les Chants de Maldoror. In 1998 he received the Rožanc Award for ''Krokiji in beležke'' (Sketches and Notes). In February 2017, he received the

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for lifetime achievement in translation. In particular, he has translated eminent French writers and poets, his favourite being the poet

(1900–1977).

Published works

* ''Omara v kleti'' (Drawer in the Cellar), essay, 2010 * ''Zmenki'' (Dates), drama, 2006 * ''Zagatne zgodbe'' (Embarrassing Tales), short stories, 2004 * ''Krokiji in beležke'' (Sketches and Notes), essays, 1998 * ''Novi ogledi in pogledi'' (New Views and Viewings), theatre criticisms, 1997 * ''Ogledi in pogledi'' (Views and Viewings), theatre criticisms, 1984 * ''Gledališki besednjak'' (A Theatrical Glossary), 1981 * ''Dadaizem in nadrealizem'' (Dadaism and Surrealism), 1981

References

Writers from Ljubljana Slovenian translators Slovenian literary critics Living people 1946 births University of Ljubljana alumni Prešeren Award laureates {{slovenia-writer-stub