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| birth_place = [[Slovenske Konjice]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (now in [[Slovenia]]) |
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| movement = [[Intimism (Slovene poetry)|Slovene Intimism]] |
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'''Ivan Minatti''' (22 |
'''Ivan Minatti''' (22 March 1924 – 9 June 2012) was a [[Slovene language|Slovene]] [[poet]], [[translator]], and [[editor]].<ref name="STA2012-06-10">{{cite news |url=http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1767446 |title=Ivan Minatti, Poet, Has Died |publisher=Slovenian Press Agency |work=English Service: News |date=10 June 2012}}</ref> He started writing poetry before [[World War II]] but principally belongs to the first postwar generation of Slovene poets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1443/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=sl |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |access-date=17 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216133145/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/1443/detail.html |archive-date=16 February 2012 }}</ref> He is one of the best representatives of [[intimism (Slovene poetry)|Slovene Intimism]].<ref name="STA2012-06-10" /> |
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==Life== |
==Life== |
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Minatti was born in 1924 in [[Slovenske Konjice]] in |
Minatti was born in 1924 in [[Slovenske Konjice]] in northeastern [[Slovenia]].<ref name="STA2012-06-10" /> His family moved first to [[Slovenj Gradec]] and then to [[Ljubljana]] while he was still a child.<ref name="RTV2012-06-09" /> He attended [[Gymnasium (school)|Gymnasium]] in Ljubljana, finished it in 1943, and then enrolled in medical studies, but postponed his education to join the [[Slovene Partisans|Partisans]] in 1944.<ref name="HC1993">{{cite book |title=Reader's encyclopedia of Eastern European literature |page=[https://archive.org/details/readersencyclope00robe/page/267 267] |editor-first=Robert |editor-last=B. Pynsent |editor2-first=Sonia |editor2-last=I. Kanikova |isbn=9780062700070 |publisher=HarperCollins |year=1993 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/readersencyclope00robe/page/267 }}</ref> After the war, he studied [[Slavic studies]] at the [[Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana|Faculty of Arts]] of the [[University of Ljubljana]] and graduated in 1952.<ref name="24ur.com" /> He worked as an editor at [[Mladinska Knjiga]] publishers from 1947 until his retirement in 1984.<ref name="RTV2012-06-09">{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrl-je-pesnik-in-prevajalec-ivan-minatti/284946 |title=Umrl je pesnik in prevajalec Ivan Minatti |trans-title=Ivan Minatti, Poet and Translator, Has Died |date=9 June 2012 |work=MMC RTV Slovenija |publisher=RTV Slovenija}}</ref> He became a regular member of the [[Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts]] in 1991.<ref name="STA2012-06-10" /> He died at the age of 88<ref name="STA2012-06-10" /> and was buried at [[Žale]] in Ljubljana.<ref name="Siol2012-06-15" /> |
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==Work== |
==Work== |
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Minatti's poems, influenced by the horrors of the war, are lyrical and deal with |
Minatti's poems, influenced by the horrors of the war, are lyrical and deal with modern-age resignation and melancholy.<ref name="STA2012-06-10" /> According to the poet [[Boris A. Novak]], his work signified a radical break with [[Collectivism and individualism|collectivist]] postwar poetry and the start of personal poetry, making Minatti one of the breakthrough Slovene poets of the 20th century.<ref name="24ur.com">{{cite news |url=http://24ur.com/novice/slovenija/po-minattijevi-smrti-bil-je-velik-slovenski-pesnik.html |title=Po Minattijevi smrti: bil je velik pesnik |trans-title=After Minatti's Death: He Was a Great Poet |work=24ur.com |publisher=PRO PLUS, d. o. o. |date=10 June 2012}}</ref> The poet and translator [[Veno Taufer]] characterised him as a rock-steady and, at the same time, of a soft heart, and ascribed his success to his expression of human as well as social distress in postwar [[Communist Slovenia]].<ref name="24ur.com" /> Minatti is known for his references to nature. According to the poet [[Ciril Zlobec]], he used nature as a source of deep [[symbol]]s and [[metaphor]]s for man and his life.<ref name="Siol2012-06-15">{{cite news |url=http://www.siol.net/kultura/novice/2012/06/minatti_je_poezijo_zivel_z_enako_intenzivnostjo_kot_zivljenje.aspx |title=Zlobec: Minatti je poezijo živel z enako intenzivnostjo kot življenje |language=sl |trans-title=Zlobec: Minatti Lived Poetry with the Same Intensivity as Life |date=15 June 2012 |newspaper=Planet Siol.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222032405/http://www.siol.net/kultura/novice/2012/06/minatti_je_poezijo_zivel_z_enako_intenzivnostjo_kot_zivljenje.aspx |archive-date=22 February 2013 }}</ref> |
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==Awards== |
==Awards== |
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Minatti won the [[Prešeren Award|Prešeren Fund Award]] in 1964 for his poetry collection ''You Have to Love Somebody'' ({{ |
Minatti won the [[Prešeren Award|Prešeren Fund Award]] in 1964 for his poetry collection ''You Have to Love Somebody'' ({{langx|sl|Nekoga moraš imeti rad}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/3_Nagrade_Presernovega_sklada_1962-2012.pdf |title=Nagrade Prešernovega sklada |trans-title=Prešeren Fund Awards |publisher=Slovenian Ministry of Culture |access-date=10 June 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 1972, he won the [[Sovre Award]], bestowed for the best translations into Slovene, for his translations of lyrical poems by the Macedonian poet [[Kočo Racin]] and the Bosnian poet [[Izet Sarajlić]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dskp-drustvo.si/sovretova_nagrada.php |title=Sovretovi Nagrajenci |language=sl |trans-title=Sovre Laureates |access-date=10 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425021046/http://www.dskp-drustvo.si/sovretova_nagrada.php |archive-date=25 April 2012 }}</ref> In 1985, he won the [[Prešeren Award]] for his poetry collection ''I Listen to the Silence Inside Me'' ({{lang|sl|Prisluškujem tišini v sebi}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/2_Presernove_nagrade1947-2012.pdf |title=Prešernove nagrade |trans-title=Prešeren Awards |publisher=Slovenian Ministry of Culture |access-date=10 June 2012 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |
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==Poetry collections== |
==Poetry collections== |
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* ''Off-Trail'' ({{lang|sl|S poti}}, 1947) |
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* ''And the Spring Will Come'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''And the Spring Will Come'' ({{lang|sl|Pa bo pomlad prišla}}, 1955) |
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* ''You Have to Love Somebody'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''You Have to Love Somebody'' ({{lang|sl|Nekoga moraš imeti rad}}, 1963) |
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* ''The Wind Sings'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''The Wind Sings'' ({{lang|sl|Veter poje}}, 1963) |
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* ''The Pain of the Unexperienced'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''The Pain of the Unexperienced'' ({{lang|sl|Bolečina nedoživetega}}, 1964) |
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* ''Poems'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''Poems'' ({{lang|sl|Pesmi}}, 1971) |
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* ''The Face'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''The Face'' ({{lang|sl|Obraz}}, 1972) |
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* ''When I |
* ''When I Am Silent and Good'' ({{lang|sl|Ko bom tih in dober}}, 1973) |
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* ''The Poems'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''The Poems'' ({{lang|sl|Pesmi}}, 1977) - with [[Janez Menart]] and [[Lojze Krakar]] |
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* ''I |
* ''I Eavesdrop on the Silence Within Me'' ({{lang|sl|Prisluškujem tišini v sebi}}, 1984) |
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* ''Behind the Closed Eyelids: Chosen Poems'' ({{lang|sl|Pod zaprtimi vekami, izbrane pesmi}}, 1999) |
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* ''Minatti – Chosen Lyrical Poetry'' ({{lang|sl| |
* ''Minatti – Chosen Lyrical Poetry'' ({{lang|sl|Minatti – izbrana lirika}}, 2004) |
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| NAME = Minatti, Ivan |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = poet, editor, translator |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 22 March 1924 |
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| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Slovenske Konjice]], [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 9 June 2012 |
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Latest revision as of 15:31, 7 November 2024
Ivan Minatti | |
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Born | Slovenske Konjice, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (now in Slovenia) | 22 March 1924
Died | 9 June 2012 Ljubljana, Slovenia | (aged 88)
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Nationality | Slovenian |
Literary movement | Slovene Intimism |
Notable works | You Have to Love Somebody (poem collection), The Pain of the Unexperienced (poem collection), I Listen to the Silence Inside Me (poem collection) |
Notable awards | Prešeren Fund Award 1964 for the poem collection You Have to Love Somebody Sovre Award 1972 for the translations of Kočo Racin and Izet Sarajlić Prešeren Award 1985 for the poem collection I Listen to the Silence Inside Me Veronika Award 2009 for his life work |
Ivan Minatti (22 March 1924 – 9 June 2012) was a Slovene poet, translator, and editor.[1] He started writing poetry before World War II but principally belongs to the first postwar generation of Slovene poets.[2] He is one of the best representatives of Slovene Intimism.[1]
Life
[edit]Minatti was born in 1924 in Slovenske Konjice in northeastern Slovenia.[1] His family moved first to Slovenj Gradec and then to Ljubljana while he was still a child.[3] He attended Gymnasium in Ljubljana, finished it in 1943, and then enrolled in medical studies, but postponed his education to join the Partisans in 1944.[4] After the war, he studied Slavic studies at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana and graduated in 1952.[5] He worked as an editor at Mladinska Knjiga publishers from 1947 until his retirement in 1984.[3] He became a regular member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1991.[1] He died at the age of 88[1] and was buried at Žale in Ljubljana.[6]
Work
[edit]Minatti's poems, influenced by the horrors of the war, are lyrical and deal with modern-age resignation and melancholy.[1] According to the poet Boris A. Novak, his work signified a radical break with collectivist postwar poetry and the start of personal poetry, making Minatti one of the breakthrough Slovene poets of the 20th century.[5] The poet and translator Veno Taufer characterised him as a rock-steady and, at the same time, of a soft heart, and ascribed his success to his expression of human as well as social distress in postwar Communist Slovenia.[5] Minatti is known for his references to nature. According to the poet Ciril Zlobec, he used nature as a source of deep symbols and metaphors for man and his life.[6]
Awards
[edit]Minatti won the Prešeren Fund Award in 1964 for his poetry collection You Have to Love Somebody (Slovene: Nekoga moraš imeti rad).[7] In 1972, he won the Sovre Award, bestowed for the best translations into Slovene, for his translations of lyrical poems by the Macedonian poet Kočo Racin and the Bosnian poet Izet Sarajlić.[8] In 1985, he won the Prešeren Award for his poetry collection I Listen to the Silence Inside Me (Prisluškujem tišini v sebi).[9]
Poetry collections
[edit]- Off-Trail (S poti, 1947)
- And the Spring Will Come (Pa bo pomlad prišla, 1955)
- You Have to Love Somebody (Nekoga moraš imeti rad, 1963)
- The Wind Sings (Veter poje, 1963)
- The Pain of the Unexperienced (Bolečina nedoživetega, 1964)
- Poems (Pesmi, 1971)
- The Face (Obraz, 1972)
- When I Am Silent and Good (Ko bom tih in dober, 1973)
- The Poems (Pesmi, 1977) - with Janez Menart and Lojze Krakar
- I Eavesdrop on the Silence Within Me (Prisluškujem tišini v sebi, 1984)
- Behind the Closed Eyelids: Chosen Poems (Pod zaprtimi vekami, izbrane pesmi, 1999)
- Minatti – Chosen Lyrical Poetry (Minatti – izbrana lirika, 2004)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Ivan Minatti, Poet, Has Died". English Service: News. Slovenian Press Agency. 10 June 2012.
- ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
- ^ a b "Umrl je pesnik in prevajalec Ivan Minatti" [Ivan Minatti, Poet and Translator, Has Died]. MMC RTV Slovenija. RTV Slovenija. 9 June 2012.
- ^ B. Pynsent, Robert; I. Kanikova, Sonia, eds. (1993). Reader's encyclopedia of Eastern European literature. HarperCollins. p. 267. ISBN 9780062700070.
- ^ a b c "Po Minattijevi smrti: bil je velik pesnik" [After Minatti's Death: He Was a Great Poet]. 24ur.com. PRO PLUS, d. o. o. 10 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Zlobec: Minatti je poezijo živel z enako intenzivnostjo kot življenje" [Zlobec: Minatti Lived Poetry with the Same Intensivity as Life]. Planet Siol.net (in Slovenian). 15 June 2012. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013.
- ^ "Nagrade Prešernovega sklada" [Prešeren Fund Awards] (PDF). Slovenian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 10 June 2012.[dead link ]
- ^ "Sovretovi Nagrajenci" [Sovre Laureates] (in Slovenian). Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
- ^ "Prešernove nagrade" [Prešeren Awards] (PDF). Slovenian Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 10 June 2012.[dead link ]
- 1924 births
- 2012 deaths
- Slovenian male poets
- Slovenian editors
- Slovenian translators
- Yugoslav poets
- Yugoslav editors
- Yugoslav translators
- Prešeren Award laureates
- Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- University of Ljubljana alumni
- 20th-century Slovenian poets
- 20th-century translators
- People from the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice
- Yugoslav Partisans members