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- ↑ "Arc Publications site". Six Slovenian Poets (in Slovenian). Arc Publications. Archived from the original on 2008-03-14. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ Harold B. Segel The Columbia literary history of Eastern Europe since 1945, Columbia University Press, 2008, pg.241
- ↑ Jenkova nagrada Maji Vidmar (The Jenko Awards Goes to Maja Vidmar), RTV Slovenija, 16 December 2005)
- ↑ Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients [ permanent dead link ]
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