Ivan Dobnik - Vilenica

Ivan Dobnik se je rodil leta 1960
v Celju, danes pa živi in ustvarja
v Šmatevžu v Savinjski dolini in v
Ljubljani. Študiral je filozofijo in primerjalno
književnost na Filozofski
fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani. Je pesnik,
pisatelj, esejist, kritik in prevajalec
ter idejni pobudnik in urednik
literarne revije Poetikon. Prevaja zlasti
iz francoščine (Michaux, Bonnefoy,
Jacottet, Camus). Objavil je pesniške
zbirke: Osvobajanje (1980), Kaligrafija
lire (1999), Zapreš svoje oči (2003), za
katero je bil nominiran za Veronikino
nagrado za poezijo (2004), Rhapsodie
dans un hiver froid / Rapsodija v mrzli
zimi (2006), ki je izšla v francoščini in
slovenščini, Zapisi z drevesnih lističev
(2006), Stimmen slowenischer Lyrik 1
/ Glasovi slovenske poezije 1 (skupaj z
Andrejem Medvedom in Miklavžem
Komeljem, 2007), ki je izšla v nemščini
in slovenščini, Svetilnik (2008),
Bela pesem (2009), Voices of Slovene
Poetry 3 / Glasovi slovenske poezije 3
(skupaj z Zoranom Pevcem in Miriam
Drev, 2010), ki je izšla v angleščini in
slovenščini, in Pred začetkom (2010).
Njegove pesmi so prevedene v številne
tuje jezike.
Ivan Dobnik was born in 1960 in Celje,
Slovenia, and today lives and works in
Šmatevž in the Savinja Valley and in
Ljubljana . He studied philosophy and
comparative literature at the Faculty of
Arts at the University of Ljubljana . He is
a poet, author, translator, essayist, critic,
as well as the initiator and editor of the
Poetikon literary journal . He translates
mainly from French (Michaux, Bonnefoy,
Jacottet, Camus) . He has published the
following volumes of poetry: Osvobajanje
(Liberation, 1980), Kaligrafija lire (The
Calligraphy of The Lyre, 1999), Zapreš
svoje oči (You Close Your Eyes, 2003),
which was nominated for the “Veronika”
poetry award (2004); Rhapsodie dans
un hiver froid / Rapsodija v mrzli zimi
(Rhapsody in Cold Winter, 2006), which
was published in French and Slovene;
Zapisi z drevesnih lističev (Notes from
the Leaves of Trees, 2006), Stimmen
slowenischer Lyrik / Glasovi slovenske
poezije 1 (Voices of Slovene Poetry 1,
2007), which was published in German
and Slovene in collaboration with Andrej
Medved and Miklavž Komelj, Svetilnik
(Lighthouse, 2008), Bela pesem (The
White Poem, 2009), Slovene Voices of
Slovene Poetry 3 / Glasovi slovenske
poezije 3 (2010), which was published in
English and Slovene in collaboration with
Zoran Pevec and Miriam Drev, and
Pred začetkom (Before the Beginning,
2010) . His poetry has been translated
into many foreign languages .