Boris A. Novak, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Boris A. Novak

Poet, dramaturge and editor

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1953

Place of Birth: Belgrade, Belgrade District

Profession: poet, playwright, translator, dramaturge, editor, children's writer, essayist

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Boris A.
Novak (born 3 December 1953) is a Slovene poet, dramaturge and editor.Novak was born in 1953 in Belgrade where he also spent his early childhood.
He completed secondary schooling in Ljubljana and studied Comparative literature and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a dramaturge at the Slovene National Theatre and as a lecturer at the University.
He has also been involved in humanitarian work and was in 2002 elected vice-president of International PEN.He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1984 for his poetry collection 1001 stih (1001 verses).
and the Jenko Award in 1995 for the collection Mojster nespecnosti (Master of Insomnia).