Barbara Korun (born 1963) is a Slovene poet. She is one of the leading figures in the generation of radical young women poets in Slovenia and her poems have also been translated into English and published in the US and Ireland (translated by Theo Dorgan).
Korun was born in Ljubljana in 1963. She studied Slovene language and Comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a lecturer and dramaturge. Her poems have been published in literary journals and anthologies both at home and abroad and she regularly appears at literary festivals and poetry readings.
In 2011 she received the Veronika Award for her poetry collection Pridem takoj.Veronika Award official site
Poetry collections
Ostrina miline (The Edge of Grace), 1999 Zapiski iz podmizja (Notes from under the Table), 2003 Razpoke (Fissures), 2004 Pridem takoj (Back soon), 2011 Čećica, motenja od ljubezni, 2014 Vmes, 2016 Idioritmija, 2021
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