Aleš Berger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Aleš Berger

writer, translator, literary and theatre critic

Date of Birth: 18-Sep-1946

Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia

Profession: writer, translator, journalist, literary critic, critic, literary historian, linguist

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Aleš Berger

  • Aleš Berger (born 18 September 1946) is a Slovene writer, translator and literary critic.Berger was born in Ljubljana in 1946.
  • He studied comparative literature and French at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an editor and theatre critic.
  • He is known for his translations into Slovene from French (Lautréamont, Apollinaire, Beckett, René Char, Raymond Queneau and Jacques Prévert) and Spanish (Jorge Luis Borges).
  • In 1987 he received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his translation of Les Chants de Maldoror.
  • In 1998 he received the Rožanc Award for Krokiji in beležke (Sketches and Notes).
  • In February 2017, he received the Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement in translation.
  • In particular, he has translated eminent French writers and poets, his favourite being the poet Jacques Prévert (1900–1977).

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