Ivan Dobnik - Vilenica

Stanka Hrastelj se je rodila leta 1975
v Brežicah. Danes živi in ustvarja
v Krškem. Študirala je teologijo na
Univerzi v Ljubljani. Je pesnica, pisateljica,
prevajalka poezije iz hrva škega in
srbskega jezika, urednica ter moderatorka
literarnih dogodkov. Deluje tudi
kot selektorka in mentorica literarnih
srečanj in delavnic. Leta 2001 je bila na
festivalu Urška imenovana za naj boljšo
mlado slovensko pesnico. Doslej je objavila
dve pesniški zbirki: Nizki toni
(2005), za katero je prejela nagrado
21. slovenskega knjižnega sejma za
najboljši literarni prvenec, in Gospod,
nekaj imamo za vas (2009), s katero
se je uvrstila v ožji izbor za Jenkovo
nagrado za najboljšo zbirko poezije.
Leta 2007 je v okviru Slovenskih dnevov
knjige v Mariboru prejela naziv
vitezinja poezije pesniškega turnirja.
Njene pesmi so prevedene v številne
tuje jezike in so zastopane v mnogih
domačih in tujih antologijah.
Stanka Hrastelj was born in 1975 at
Brežice, Slovenia . Today she lives and
works in Krško . She studied Theology
at the University of Ljubljana . She is
a poet, writer, translator of poetry from
Croatian and Serbian, editor, and
moderator of literary events . She also
acts as a selector and mentor at literary
events and workshops . In 2001, she was
named the best young Slovenian poet at
the Urška Festival of Young Literature .
She has published two collections of
poetry, namely Nizki toni (Low Tones,
2005), for which she received the 21 st
Slovenian Book Fair Award for the best
debut book; and Gospod, nekaj imamo
za vas (Sir, We Have Got Something For
You, 2009), which made the short list of
candidates for the Jenko Prize, awarded
for the best book of poetry . In 2007, she
was honoured with the title Knight of
Poetry at the poetry tournament of the
Slovenian Book Days in Maribor . Her
poetry has been translated into several
languages and is also featured in numerous
anthologies, both domestic and
foreign .