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 mastery of storytelling with his novels. Five of them earned him nominations for Best Novel of the Year Award (the Kresnik Award). A wide variety of readers is drawn to his novels because of their broad and rich historical background, intertwined with legends as well as present-day reality that manage to combine the magical with the spiritual and the mystical. In 2020 Pregelj won The Cankar Prize, a new literature award for the most original piece of literature from the previous year - either fiction, play, essay or poetry, for »V Elvisovi Sobi«, a novel about a generation which was growing up while the former Yugoslavia was slowly disintegrating. Sebastijan Pregelj has been featured in several anthologies in the Slovene, Slovak, German, Polish and English language. He is a member of the Slovenian Writers’ Association and Slovene PEN centre. He lives and works in Ljubljana.

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Novels * Beli konjiček (2023), White Horse * V Elvisovi sobi (2019), In Elvis's Room (2023), Sandorf Passage, translated by Rawley Grau * Vdih. Izdih. (2017), Breathe In. Breathe Out. * Kronika pozabljanja (2014), A Chronicle of Forgetting (2019), Litterae Slovenicae, translated by Rawley Grau * Pod srečno zvezdo (2013), Under a Lucky Star * Mož, ki je jahal tigra (2010), The Man Who Rode a Tiger * Na terasi babilonskega stolpa (2008) On the Terrace of the Tower of Babel * Leta milosti (2004), Years of Mercy Collections of short stories * Prebujanja (2011) * Svinje brez biserov (2002) * Cirilina roža (1999) * Burkači, skrunilci in krivoprisežniki (1996) Children's literature * A Bear and a Piggie (2023 - ), 2 books * Tales from the Duchy of Carniola" (2022 - ), 3 books * Tales from the End of Stone Age" (2016 - 2021), 7 books * Duh Babujan" (2014-2016), 2 books Other * Literarne poti Ljubljane (2010, literary guide, co-written with Gašper Troha) * Ljubljana Literary Trail (2011, literary guide, co-written with Gašper Troha) Anthologies in which short stories by Pregelj have been published * It's Already the Morning of the Last Day, Thirty Slovenian writers. Thirty years of Slovenian independence., Sandorf Passage, 2023 * Ljubljana Tales, a collection of Central European contemporary writing in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

(2012) * Noc w Lublanie, an anthology of Slovene short stories in

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

(2009) * A Lazy Sunday Afternoon; ''Litterae Slovenicae'' vol. 112 (XLV/3)(2007) * Vně hranic : antologie současné slovinské krátké prózy, an anthology of contemporary Slovene short stories in

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

(2002) * Die Zeit der kurzen Geschichte (2001) * Čas kratke zgodbe (1998)

Awards

* Večernica Award (2021): The Return, Tales from the End of Stone Age, Book 6 (Vrnitev, 6. del Zgodb s konca kamene dobe) * The Cankar Award (2020): In Elvis's Room, novel

Nominations and Recognitions

* Večernica Award, nomination, 2023: Tales from the Duchy of Carniola, Book 1 *

International Dublin Literary Award The International Dublin Literary Award (), established as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 1996, is presented each year for a novel written or translated into English. It promotes excellence in world literature and is solely ...

, longlist 2021: A Chronicle of Forgetting *

Kresnik Award Kresnik is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best novel in Slovene language, Slovene of the previous year. It has been bestowed since 1991 at summer solstice by the national newspaper house Delo (newspaper), Delo. The awards c ...

, finalist, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2020: Years of Mercy, On the Terrace of the Tower of Babel, The Man Who Rode a Tiger, In Elvis's Room * Kresnik Award, top ten, 2015: Chronicle of Forgetting * Desetnica Award, nomination, 2017, 2018, 2022: Tales from the End of Stone Age, Books 1, 2 & 6 * Golden Pear Label: Tales from the End of Stone Age, Books 1 - 7; Tales from the Duchy of Carniola, Book 1 *

, longlist 2025, In Elvis’s Room

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