Aleš Šteger
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Aleš Šteger (b. 1973) is a Slovenian poet.
He was born in the town of Ptuj in Lower Styria, then part of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia). He studied Comparative Literature and German at University of Ljubljana. He has published three volumes of poetry: Šahovnice ur ("Chess Desks of Hours", 1995), Kašmir ("Kashmere", 1997), Protuberance ("Protuberances", 2002) and an itinerary on Peru entitled Včasih je januar sredi poletja ("Sometimes, January Is in the Middle of Summer", 1999). His books have been awarded and translated into several languages. He lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and works as an editor in the renowned publishing house Študentska založba. Among his editorial work, the most noticeable is a new revisited collection of poems by Edvard Kocbek in 2004, which includes some unpblished poems, as well as an insightful essay on Kocbek's poetic language written by Šteger himself.
In 2008, Šteger won the Rožanc Award, the highest prize for essays written in Slovenian language.
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