The Cankar Award () is a
literary award
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established in 2019 by the Slovenian PEN,
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( (SAZU)) is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy.
Cultural significance
Establis ...
, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the
University of Ljubljana
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. It is named after
Ivan Cankar
Ivan Cankar (, ) (10 May 1876 – 11 December 1918) was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in S ...
, Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet, and political activist. The first award was given in 2020. The Cankar Award honours the best original literary work in Slovenia, celebrating genres in which Ivan Cankar excelled.
The award initially consisted of a €5,000 prize and a diploma.
In 2024 the amount was increased to €7,000 .
History
The award was established in 2019 with the firs one given in 2020 in
Vrhnika
Vrhnika (; ;''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 120. ) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Vrhnika. It is locat ...
. The inaugural nominees for the 2020 award were
Vinko Möderndorfer
Vinko Möderndorfer (born 22 September 1958) is a Slovene writer, poet, playwright and theatre and film director.
Möderndorfer was born in Celje in 1958. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana
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Sebastijan Pregelj
Sebastijan Pregelj (born 29 July 1970) is a Slovenian writer.
In the second half of the 1990s Sebastijan Pregelj (b.1970) called attention to himself with his collections of short stories. During the last ten years, he has undoubtedly proven his ...
,
Simona Semenič and
Brane Senegačnik
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.
The 2023 nominees were
Katja Gorečan,
Adriana Kuči,
Mojca Kumerdej,
Mirana Likar and
Lado Kralj.
Winners
See also
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Slovene literature
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Prešeren Award
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References
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Slovenian literary awards
Slovenian literature
Awards established in 2019
2019 establishments in Slovenia