Matevž Kos

Matevž Kos
Matevž Kos at the 2023 Slovenian Book Fair
Matevž Kos at the 2023 Slovenian Book Fair
Born1966
Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
OccupationLiterary historian and essayist
Notable worksPrevzetnost in pristranost
Notable awardsRožanc Award
1997 for Prevzetnost in pristranost

Matevž Kos (born 1966) is a Slovene literary historian and essayist.[1]

Kos was born in Ljubljana in 1966. He studied Comparative literature, Literary theory and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and works primarily as a literary critic and essayist and lecturer at the University of Ljubljana.[2] He was head of the Jury for the Kresnik Award between 2004 and 2007. In 1997 he received the Rožanc Award for his book of literary essays Prevzetnost in pristranost (Pride and Prejudice).

Published works

  • Prevzetnost in pristranost : literarni spisi (Pride and Prejudice: Literary Essays), 1996
  • Kritike in refleksije (Critiques and Reflections), 2000
  • Poskusi z Nietzschejem : Nietzsche in ničejanstvo v slovenski literaturi (Experiments with Nietzsche: Nietzsche and Nietzschism in Slovene Literature), 2003
  • Branje po izbiri (Reading by Choice), 2004
  • Fragmenti o celoti: poskusi s slovenskim pesništvom (Fragments about a Whole: Experiments with Slovene Poetry), 2007

References

  1. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ University of Ljubljana Department of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine