Andrej Rozman | |
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Born | Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) | 25 May 1955
Occupation | writer, poet, actor and translator |
Notable works | Uganke 100+1, Črvive pesmi |
Notable awards | Prešeren Foundation Award 2010 for his theatre and literary work Levstik Award 1999 for Črvive pesmi Levstik Award 2009 for 100 + 1 uganka |
Andrej Rozman (a.k.a. Roza, born 25 May 1955) is a Slovene poet, writer, actor, and street theatre producer. He writes poems and creates plays for children and also writes satirical poetry for adults. [1]
Rozman was born in Ljubljana in 1955. He abandoned his study of Slovene language and literature at the University of Ljubljana to set up a small theatre group in 1978. In the 1980s he co-founded a street theatre group, Ana Monró Theatre and was its director between 1982 and 1995. [2] He was co-writer of the low-budget TV comedy Vrtičkarji (2000), but left after the first thirteen episodes, disappointed by the production. [3] Since 2003 he has run his own theatre company Rozinteater. [4]
Rozman won the Levstik Award in 1999 for Črvive pesmi (Worm-Ridden Poems) and again in 2009 for 100 + 1 uganka (100 + 1 Riddles).
In 2010 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his theatre and literary work. [5]
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