Lojze Krakar (21 February 1926 – 24 December 1995) was a Slovene

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, and

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. He also wrote poetry for children. Krakar was born in

Semič Semič (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna. formerly also Semenič) is a settlement in southeastern Slovenia. It is the administrative sea ...

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in 1926. He studied Slavic languages and literature at the

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and graduated in 1954 and obtained a doctorate from the Frankfurt Goethe University in 1970. He worked as a lecturer, editor, and translator. In 1963 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection ''Cvet pelina'' (The Flower of the Woodworm). In 1977 he was awarded the Grand Prešeren Award for his poetry collection ''Nekje tam čisto na robu'' (Somewhere There Right on the Edge) He won the

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twice, in 1962 for his book of poetry for children ''Sonce v knjigi'' (The Sun in a Book), and in 1991 for his story in verse ''Prišel je lev'' (The Lion Arrived).

Published works

Poetry collections

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Krakar, Lojze Slovenian male poets Slovenian editors Slovenian translators 1926 births 1995 deaths Prešeren Award laureates Levstik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni Goethe University Frankfurt alumni 20th-century Slovenian translators 20th-century Slovenian poets People from the Municipality of Semič