The Jenko Award (Slovene : Jenkova nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 1986 by the Slovene Writers' Association. It is named after the 19th-century Slovene poet Simon Jenko. [1]
Year | Author | Poetry Collection | Title in English | Publisher | Year of publication |
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2016 | Anja Golob [2] | Didaskalije k dihanju | Didaskalia for Breathing | self-published | 2016 |
2015 | Miklavž Komelj [3] | Noč je abstraktnejša kot n | The Night Is More Abstract than N | Umetniško Združenje Hyperion | 2014 |
2014 | Anja Golob [4] | Vesa v zgibi | Bent Hang | Mladinska knjiga | 2013 |
2013 | Kristina Hočevar [5] | Na zobeh aluminij, na ustnicah kreda | Teeth of Aluminium, Lips of Chalk | ŠKUC | 2012 |
2012 | Janez Ramoveš [6] | Skuz okn strejlam kurente | I Shoot at Kurents through the Window | Cankarjeva založba | 2012 |
2011 | Primož Čučnik | Kot dar | As a Gift | LUD Šerpa | 2010 |
2010 | Ivo Svetina | Sfingin hlev | The Sphynx' Stable | Goga | 2010 |
2009 | Aleš Debeljak | Tihotapci | Bootleggers | Mladinska knjiga | 2009 |
2008 | Andrej Medved | Približevanja | Convergences | Hyperion | 2008 |
2007 | Tomaž Šalamun | Sinji stolp | Blue Tower | Beletrina | 2007 |
2006 | Josip Osti | Vse ljubezni so nenavadne | All Loves Are Unusual | Litera | 2006 |
2006 | Miklavž Komelj | Hipodrom | Hippodrome | Mladinska knjiga | 2006 |
2005 | Maja Vidmar | Prisotnost | Presence | Center za slovensko književnost | 2005 |
2004 | Ciril Bergles | Moj dnevnik priča | My Diary Speaks | Center za slovensko književnost | 2004 |
2004 | Jože Snoj | Poslikava notranjščine | Painting Interiors | Cankarjeva založba | 2004 |
2003 | Brane Mozetič | Banalije | Banalities | Škuc | 2003 |
2002 | Erika Vouk | Opis slike | Picture Description | Litera | 2002 |
2001 | Milan Jesih | Jambi | Iambi | Mladinska knjiga | 2000 |
2000 | Uroš Zupan | Drevo in vrabec | The Tree and the Sparrow | LUD Literatura | 1999 |
1999 | Niko Grafenauer | Odtisi | Impressions | Nova revija | 1999 |
1998 | Dane Zajc | Dol dol | Down Down | Nova revija | 1998 |
1997 | Peter Semolič | Hiša iz besed | House Made of Words | Aleph | 1996 |
1996 | Iztok Osojnik | Klesani kamni | Carved Stones | Obzorja | 1995 |
1996 | Alojz Ihan | Južno dekle | Southern Girl | Mihelač | 1995 |
1995 | Boris A. Novak | Mojster nespečnosti | Master of Insomnia | Mladinska knjiga | 1995 |
1994 | Svetlana Makarovič | Tisti čas | That Time | Mladika | 1993 |
1993 | Kajetan Kovič | Sibirski ciklus | Siberian Cycle | Mihelač | 1992 |
1992 | Jure Detela | Pesmi | Poems | Wieser | 1992 |
1991 | Milan Dekleva | Odjedanje božjega | Eating Away the Divine | Emonica | 1988 |
1990 | Milan Jesih | Soneti | Sonnets | Wieser | 1989 |
1989 | Aleš Debeljak | Slovar tišine | Dictionary of Silence | Aleph | 1987 |
1988 | Tomaž Šalamun | Mera časa | A Measure of Time | Cankarjeva založba | 1987 |
1987 | Veno Taufer | Vodenjaki | Waterlings | Državna založba | 1986 |
1986 | Niko Grafenauer | Palimpsesti | Palimpsests | Mladinska knjiga | 1984 |
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