Kajetan Kovič
Kajetan Kovič | |
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| Born | 21 October 1931 Maribor, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
| Died | 7 November 2014 (aged 83) Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Occupation | poet, writer, journalist |
| Literary movement | Intimism |
| Notable works | Pesmi štirih, Ogenjvoda, Labrador, Ne bog ne žival, Moj prijatelj Piki Jakob, Maček Muri |
| Notable awards | Prešeren Award 1978 for his poetry collection Labrador Jenko Award 1993 for his poetry collection Sibirski cirkus |
Kajetan Kovič (21 October 1931 – 7 November 2014) was a Slovene poet, writer, translator, and journalist. In 1978, he received the Prešeren Award, the highest artistic award in Slovenia, for his poetry collection Labrador.