Janez Gradišnik (22 September 1917 – 5 March 2009), was a Slovenian author and translator.[1]
Biography
He was born in StražiÅ¡Äe near Prevalje, present-day Slovenia, in what was then the Duchy of Carinthia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied at the University of Ljubljana. In the late 1930s and 1940s, he belonged to the Christian left intellectual circle of Edvard Kocbek. During World War II, he was arrested by the Nazi German authorities and expelled to Croatia. Between 1941 and 1945, he lived in exile in Bjelovar. In March 1945, the UstaÅ¡a (Croatian Fascists) arrested him, and he spent the last months of the war imprisoned in Zagreb.
After the war, he shortly worked as the secretary of Edvard Kocbek, who was named Yugoslav Minister for Slovenia in Belgrade. After returning to Slovenia, he became the editor of the State Publishing House of Slovenia (Državna založba Slovenije), but was forced to resign in 1952, when Kocbek was removed from public life. After that, Gradišnik dedicated himself mostly to translations. Together with Janko Moder, he was considered the foremost Slovene translator of the second half of the 20th century.
He translated from German, English, French, Russian, Serbian, and Croatian into Slovene. He translated works by Jules Verne, Vercors, Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, Norman Hunter, Sinclair Lewis, John Boynton Priestley, John Galsworthy, E.M. Forster, Robert Louis Stevenson, Dobrica Ćosić, André Malraux, Walter de la Mare, Thomas Mann, Mark Twain, Thornton Wilder, George Eliot, Graham Greene, Robert Musil, Thomas Wolfe, Rudyard Kipling, Aldous Huxley, Heinrich Böll, James Joyce, Laurence Sterne, Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, Mihail AfanasjeviÄ Bulgakov, Henri Bergson, Albert Camus, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann and others.
He also compiled several dictionaries, most notably a Slovene-German one, and wrote short stories and literature for children.
In 2008 he received the Prešeren Award for his lifetime of work in literature, translation, writing, and linguistics.[2]
His son Branko Gradišnik is also a prominent translator, humorist, and short story writer.
He died on 5 March 2009 in Ljubljana.[3]
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| 1980s |
- 1980: Danilo BenediÄiÄ
- Evgen Car
- Anton Demšar
- Karpo Godina
- Irena Grafenauer
- Niko Grafenauer
- Stane JagodiÄ
- Norina JankoviÄ
- Minu Kjuder
- Rudolf Kotnik
- Tone PartljiÄ
- Bogdan Reichenberg
- Marjan Rožanc
- Dubravka Sambolec
- Mira SardoÄ
- Ati Soss
- Marko Dekleva, Matjaž Garzarolli, Vojteh Ravnikar in Egon Vatovec
- Janez Bizjak, Marko CotiÄ in DuÅ¡an Engelsberger
- 1981: Janez Albreht
- Ljerka Belak
- Alenka GerloviÄ
- Herman GvardjanÄiÄ
- Janez HoÄevar - Rifle
- Andrej Inkret
- Miša Jelnikar
- Silvester Komel
- Marko Kravos
- Uroš Lajovic
- Janez MatiÄiÄ
- Valentin Oman
- Milan Pajk
- Jože Privšek
- Biba Bertok in Marjan GaÅ¡perÅ¡iÄ
- 1982: Danilo Bezlaj
- Janez Drozg
- Bronislav Fajon
- Branko GombaÄ
- Branko Gradišnik
- Lidija KozloviÄ
- Božo Rogelja
- Barbara Rot in Božo Rot
- Slovenski kvintet trobil (Anton GrÄar, Stanko Arnold, Viljem TrampuÅ¡, Boris Å inigoj, Boris Gruden)
- Vinko Tušek
- 1983: Ivo Ban
- Janez Bermež
- Vesna GaberÅ¡Äek Ilgo
- Andrej Kokot
- Mojmir Lasan
- Branko MadžareviÄ
- Adriana Maraž
- Pihalni kvintet RTV Ljubljana (Jože PogaÄnik, Božo Rogelja, Alojz Zupan, Jože Falout, Jože BaniÄ)
- Milan PogaÄnik
- Peter Ternovšek
- 1984: Bine Matoh
- Miloš Mlejnik
- Boris A. Novak
- Franc Novinc
- Klavdij PalÄiÄ
- Edvard Sršen
- Tone Stojko
- Lane StraniÄ
- AleÅ¡ ValiÄ
- Marija Vidau
- 1985: Stanko Arnold
- Jožica Avbelj
- Olga Gracelj
- Gustav Januš
- Zmago Jeraj
- Taras Kermauner
- Miljenko Licul in Ranko Novak
- Rajko Ranfl
- Rudi Å panzel
- Dare ValiÄ
- 1986: Mijo Basailović
- Dragica Čadež
- Karel JeriÄ
- Milan Jesih
- Silvij Kobal
- Mirko LipužiÄ
- Tomaž MedveÅ¡Äek
- Marko Munih
- Vlado Novak
- Renato Quaglia
- 1987: Aleš Berger
- Emerik Bernard
- Alojz Ihan
- Lojze Logar
- Berta MegliÄ
- Ivanka Mežan
- Eduard Miler
- Vladimir Pezdirc
- Milko Å paremblek
- Fauvel 86 (Lojze LebiÄ, Ksenija Hribar, Jernej HabjaniÄ)
- 1988: Jani BavÄar
- Peter BoÅ¡tjanÄiÄ
- Silva Čušin
- Peter GabrijelÄiÄ
- Zdenko Huzjan
- Niko Košir
- Edi Majaron
- Uroš Rojko
- Ivo Svetina
- Lujo Vodopivec
- 1989: Emil Baronik
- Milan Dekleva
- Harald Draušbaher
- Veronika Drolc
- Maja Haderlap
- Franci Slak
- Maks StrmÄnik
- Marija Lucija Stupica
- Vito Taufer
- Franko Vecchiet
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| 1990s |
- 1990: Aleš Debeljak
- Lojze Drašler
- Tomaž Lorenz in Alenka Å Äek Lorenz
- Filip Robar Dorin
- FranÄek Rudolf
- Janez Å kof
- Mario UrÅ¡iÄ
- Snežana Vrhovec
- 1991: Drago Bajt
- Andrej Brvar
- Radovan Jenko
- Vladimir Jurc
- Marko Letonja
- Tomaž Pandur
- Matjaž PoÄivavÅ¡ek
- Marko PogaÄnik
- Metka Rojc
- Aleš Vodopivec
- 1992: Gustav Gnamuš
- Janez Gregorc
- Igor Samobor
- Marjan TomÅ¡iÄ
- Damir Zlatar Frey
- Novi kolektivizem (Dejan Knez, Miran Mohor, Darko Pokorn in Roman Uranjek)
- 1993: Edi Berk
- Evald Fliser
- Janez Pipan
- Zorko SimÄiÄ
- Andraž Šalamun
- Petar Ugrin
- 1994: Komorni zbor Ave
- Iztok KovaÄ
- Marjetica PotrÄ
- Svetlana Visintin in Leo Kulaš
- Judita Zidar
- 1995: Mate Dolenc
- Jurij Kobe
- Feri LainÅ¡Äek
- SreÄko Å pik
- Trio Lorenz
- Sergej VerÄ
- 1996: Marko Japelj
- Milena MoraÄa
- Zdravko PapiÄ
- Brane Å turbej
- Uroš Zupan
- Vlado Žabot
- 1997: Bjanka Adžić Ursulov
- Alojz AjdiÄ
- Maja Novak
- Matjaž Pogrjc
- Jernej Å ugman
- Tugo Sušnik
- 1998: Jakov Brdar
- Matjaž FariÄ
- UroÅ¡ KalÄiÄ
- Milada Kalezić
- Eta Sadar Breznik
- Igor Å terk
- 1999: Zvonko ÄŒoh in Milan EriÄ
- Marko Fink in Nataša Valant
- Komorni godalni orkester Slovenske filharmonije
- Živko MaruÅ¡iÄ
- Jani Virk
- Andrej ZdraviÄ
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