Ciril Bergles (18 July 1934 – 25 August 2013) was a Slovene

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. He published numerous collections of poetry and was also known for his translations of poetry, mostly by

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authors, into Slovene. Bergles was born in Repče, just outside

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in 1934. He studied Slovene and

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at the

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and worked as a secondary school teacher after graduation. He started publishing his poetry in 1984 with his collection ''Na poti v tišino'' (On the Path to Silence). In 2004 he won the

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for his poetry collection ''Moj dnevnik priča'' (My Diary Speaks). He translated poetry by

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into Slovene. He also published an anthology of

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Poetry collections

* ''Tutankamon'' (2008) * ''Zaupna sporočila'' (2008) * ''Tvoja roka na mojem čelu'' (2006) * ''Moj dnevnik priča'' (2004) * ''V Polifemovem očesu'' (2004) * ''Z besedo in ognjem'' (1999) * ''Čas darovanja'' (1999) * ''Razsežnost prosojnosti'' (1996) * ''Noč, nato še dan'' (1996) * ''Via Dolorosa'' (1996) * ''Ifrikija'' (1993) * ''Ta dom je večen'' (1991) * ''Pesnik v Benetkah'' (1990) * ''Ellis Island'' (1988) * ''Vaje za svetlobo'' (1985) * ''Na poti v tišino'' (1984)

References

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