Aleš Šteger
Aleš Šteger | |
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| Born | 31 May 1973 Ptuj, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
| Occupation | poet, writer, editor, translator, literary critic |
| Notable works | Šahovnice ur, Kašmir, Knjiga reči |
| Notable awards | Veronika Award 1998 for Kašmir Rožanc Award 2007 for Berlin |
Aleš Šteger (born 31 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, translator and editor. Aleš belongs to a generation of writers that started to publish right after the fall of Yugoslavia. His first poetry collection Šahovnice ur (1995) was sold out in three weeks after publication and indicated a new generation of Slovenian artists and writers.