France Forstnerič, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

France Forstnerič

Poet, writer and journalist

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1933

Place of Birth: Pobrežje, Videm, Podravska statistical region, Slovenia

Date of Death: 22-May-2007

Profession: writer, teacher, poet, journalist, sociologist, children's writer

Nationality: Slovenia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

France Forstneric (29 January 1933 – 22 May 2007) was a Slovene poet, writer, and journalist.Forstneric was born in Pobrežje near Ptuj in 1933.
He trained as a teacher and taught for a number of years before becoming a journalist in 1958.
He worked for the newspapers Vecer and Delo and also obtained a degree in sociology from the University of Ljubljana in 1979.
He wrote for adults and children.
He is best known for his poetry that he started publishing in the early 1960s.
In 1970 he won the Levstik Award for his book Srakac.
In 1972 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his collection of poems entitled Pijani kurent (The Drunken Kurent).