Peter Rezman
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Peter Rezman is a Slovene poet
, writer
and playwright
. He lives and works in Plešivec
near Velenje
in northern Slovenia
.
Rezman was born in Celje
in 1968. He worked as an electrician at the Velenje
lignite
mine
and has been active in local cultural and ecological societies. He has been publishing poetry since the mid 1980's and has also written several collections of short stories and theatre plays. In 2009 he was awarded the Fabula Award
for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for his short story volume Skok iz kože (Leaping from Skin).
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, writer
Writer
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and playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
. He lives and works in Plešivec
Plešivec, Slovenia
Plešivec is a settlement in the Velenje municipality in northern Slovenia. It lies in the Mozirske planine hills to the north of the town of Velenje. The area was traditionally part of Styria. The entire municipality is now included in the Savinja statistical region.The local church is dedicated...
near Velenje
Velenje
Velenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade...
in northern Slovenia
Slovenia
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.
Rezman was born in Celje
Celje
Celje is a typical Central European town and the third largest town in Slovenia. It is a regional center of Lower Styria and the administrative seat of the Urban Municipality of Celje . The town of Celje is located under Upper Celje Castle at the confluence of the Savinja, Ložnica, and Voglajna...
in 1968. He worked as an electrician at the Velenje
Velenje
Velenje is a town and municipality in northern Slovenia. The municipality has 33.331 inhabitants. Staro Velenje is first mentioned in written doucments dating to 1264 and 1374 as small market town and was a center of handicraft and trade...
lignite
Lignite
Lignite, often referred to as brown coal, or Rosebud coal by Northern Pacific Railroad,is a soft brown fuel with characteristics that put it somewhere between coal and peat...
mine
Mine
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and has been active in local cultural and ecological societies. He has been publishing poetry since the mid 1980's and has also written several collections of short stories and theatre plays. In 2009 he was awarded the Fabula Award
Fabula Award
Fabula is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best collection of short prose in Slovene published in the previous two years. It has been bestowed since 2006 by the national newspaper house Dnevnik at the Fabula World Literatures festival that takes place every spring in...
for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years for his short story volume Skok iz kože (Leaping from Skin).
Poetry
- Pesmi iz premoga (Poetry from Coal), (1985)
- Delavske pesmi (Worker's Poems), (1988)
- Črno in črno, rdeče in rdeče, zeleno in zeleno (Black and Black, Red and Red, Green and Green), (1991)
- Družmirje (1998)
Prose
- Kiril Lajš ni lastnik krčme Peter Rezman (Kiril Lajš is Not the Owner of Peter Rezman Inn), short stories, (1985)
- Skok iz kože (Leaping from Skin), short stories, (2008)
- Pristanek na kukavičje jajce (Landing On the Cuckoo's Egg), novel, (2010)
- Nujni deleži ozimnice (Compulsory Shares of Winter Stockpile), short stories, (2010)