Ervin Fritz (born 27 June 1940) is a Slovene

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and

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. He also writes poetry for children, radio plays, songs and librettos. He started publishing poetry in the mid-1960s. Fritz was born in

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in 1940. He studied

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at the

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and worked as dramatourge at

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and Radio Slovenia. In 1979 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection ''Okruški sveta'' and in 2006 he received the

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for the poetry collection ''Ogrlica iz rad''.Veronika Award official site
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Selected works

Poetry collections

* ''Hvalnica življenja'', 1967 * ''Dan današnji'', 1972 * ''Okruški sveta'', 1978 * ''Pesmi'', 1980 * ''Minevanje'', 1982 * ''Dejansko stanje: Pesmi in songi'', 1985 * ''Slehernik'', 1987 * ''Črna skrinjica'', 1991 * ''Pravzaprav pesmi'', 1995 * ''Favn:Pesmičice kosmatičice'', 1998 * ''Tja čez:Soneti'', 2002 * ''Pesmi: Zgodnja, zrela in pozna trgatev: jagodni izbor'', 2002 * ''Ogrlica iz rad'', 2005 * ''Drugačen svet'', 2008 * ''Dolgi pohod'', 2010

Poetry collections for children

* ''Dimnikar je črn grof'', 1984 * ''Svet v naprstniku'', 1992 * ''Mavrica Mavra'', 1993 * ''Števila'', 1993 * ''Nasprotja'', 1993 * ''Moj dan'', 1993 * ''Barve'', 1994 * ''Liki'', 1994 * ''Vrane'', 2007

Prose for children

* ''Devet zgodb in deseta desetnica'', 1996 * ''Sreča in nesreča'', 2010

Plays

* ''Farse'', 1973 * ''Mirakel o sveti Neži'', 1977 * ''Kralj Malhus'', 1988 * ''Lipicanija'', 2000 * ''Rdeči kotiček'', 2009 * ''Srčevje svetega Andreja'', 2009 * ''Krpanova kobila'',

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2010

Radio plays

* ''Komisija za samomore'', 1984 * ''Stoli'', 1984 * ''Kralj Malhus'', 1986 * ''Karantena'', 1988 * ''Ta veseli dan ali Cefizelj se ženi'', 1990 * ''Zmaj v Postojnski jami'', 1990 * ''Mirakel o sveti Neži'', 1991 * ''Krompir ali Kregarca in ljudska oblast'', 1993

Radio plays for children

* ''Zajček Peter'', 1985 * ''Sin polka'', 1986 * ''Grofič prašič'', 1991 * ''Gorski škrat'', 1991 * ''Črna baba in povodni mož'', 1991 * ''Modra Barbica'', 1992 * ''Legenda o Jezusu in svetem Petru'', 1992 * ''Papagaj kralja Matjaža'', 1994

References

Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian dramatists and playwrights Slovenian translators Living people 1940 births Veronika Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni People from the Municipality of Prebold {{slovenia-writer-stub