Peter Rezman (born 21 October 1956) is a Slovene poet, writer and playwright. He lives and works in Plešivec near

Velenje Velenje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, sixth-largest city of Slovenia, and t ...

in northern

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. Rezman was born in

Celje Celje (, , ) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, third-largest city in Slovenia. It is a regional center of the traditional Slovenian region of Styria (Slovenia), Styria and the administrative seat of the City Municipality of Celje. Th ...

in 1968. He worked as an electrician at the

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mining, mine and has been active in local cultural and ecological societies. He has been publishing poetry since the mid-1980s and has also written several collections of short stories and theatre plays. In 2009 he was awarded the Fabula Award for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for his short story volume ''Skok iz kože'' (Leaping from Skin).

Poetry

* ''Pesmi iz premoga'' (Poetry from Coal), (1985) * ''Delavske pesmi'' (Worker's Poems), (1988) * ''Črno in črno, rdeče in rdeče, zeleno in zeleno'' (Black and Black, Red and Red, Green and Green), (1991) * ''Družmirje'' (1998)

Prose

* ''Kiril Lajš ni lastnik krčme Peter Rezman'' (Kiril Lajš is Not the Owner of Peter Rezman Inn), short stories, (1985) * ''Skok iz kože'' (Leaping from Skin), short stories, (2008) * ''Pristanek na kukavičje jajce'' (Landing on the Cuckoo's Egg), novel, (2010) * ''Nujni deleži ozimnice'' (Compulsory Shares of Winter Stockpile), short stories, (2010) * "Tekoči trak", novel, (2015) * "Mesto na vodi", novel, (2019)

References

External links

Peter Rezman's site
Writers from Celje Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Living people 1956 births Fabula laureates Slovenian male short story writers Slovenian short story writers {{slovenia-writer-stub