France Forstnerič (29 January 1933 – 22 May 2007) was a Slovene poet, writer, and journalist.Obituary in Večer 23 May 2007
Forstnerič 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 Večer 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.Videm municipal site: Znane osebnosti (Prominent people) In 1970 he won the Levstik Award for his book Srakač. In 1972 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his collection of poems entitled Pijani kurent (The Drunken Kurent).Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Award recipients
Published works
Poetry collections Zelena ječa (The Green Jail), 1961 Dolgo poletje (The Long Summer), 1968 Pijani kurent (The Drunken Kurent), 1971 Pesniški list 32 (The Poet's List 32), 1976 Izbor Pesmi (Collected Poems), 1979 Ljubstava, 1981 Drava življenja (The River Drava of Life), 1993
Prose Jabolko (The Apple), 1979 Brlog (The Den), short stories, 1987
For Young Readers Srakač, 1970 Bela murva (The White Mulberry), poems, 1976
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