Aleš Berger

Aleš Berger
Born (1946-09-18)18 September 1946
Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation Writer, translator, literary and theatre critic
Notable works Krokiji in beležke
Notable awards Prešeren Foundation Award
1987 for his translation of Les Chants de Maldoror
Rožanc Award
1998 for Krokiji in beležke

Aleš Berger (born 18 September 1946) is a Slovene writer, translator and literary critic.[1]

Berger was born in Ljubljana in 1946. He studied Comparative literature and French language at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an editor and theatre critic. He is known for his translations into Slovene from French (Lautréamont, Apollinaire, Beckett, René Char, Raymond Queneau and Jacques Prévert) and Spanish (Jorge Luis Borges).

In 1987 he received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his translation of Les Chants de Maldoror.[2] In 1998 he received the Rožanc Award for Krokiji in beležke (Sketches and Notes).

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