| Ciril Zlobec | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1925 Ponikve, Kingdom of Italy (now in Slovenia) |
| Occupation | poet, writer, journalist, translator, politician |
| Literary movement | Intimism |
| Notable work(s) | Pesmi štirih, Najina oaza, Glas |
| Notable award(s) | Prešeren Foundation Award 1965 for his poetry collection Najina oaza Prešeren Award 1982 for his poetry collection Glas |
Ciril Zlobec (born 4 July 1925) is a Slovene poet, writer, translator, journalist and former politician. He is best known for his poems and has published several volumes of poetry.[1] In 1990 he became a member of the Presidency of Slovenia at a critical time for Slovene independence.[2]
Zlobec was born in 1925 in Ponikve in the Slovene Littoral which was under Italian administration at the time. He attended school in Gorizia and Koper and was expelled from school in 1941 for writing poetry in the then forbidden Slovene language. During the Second World War he was an activist for the Slovene Liberation Front and briefly joined the Partisans.[3] After the war he completed his studies and graduated at the University of Ljubljana in 1953. He worked as a journalist and translator published numerous collections of poetry as well as two novels. In 1989 he was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. [4]
He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1965 for his poetry collection Najina oaza (Our Oasis)[5] and the Grand Prešeren Award in 1982 for his poetry collection Glas (Voice)[6]