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{{Short description|Slovenian writer (1934–2021)}}
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| name = Jože Snoj
| name = Jože Snoj
| image = Državna proslava ob Prešernovem dnevu 2012 - Jože Snoj.jpg
| image = Državna proslava ob Prešernovem dnevu 2012 - Jože Snoj.jpg
| caption = Snoj in 2012
| caption = Snoj in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1934|3|17|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Maribor]], [[Drava Banovina]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] (now in Slovenia)<ref name="Jugoslovenski književni leksikon">{{cite book |author=Stanko Janež |editor = Živan Milisavac |date=1971 |title=Jugoslovenski književni leksikon |trans-title=Yugoslav Literary Lexicon |publisher=[[Matica srpska]] |language=sh |location= [[Novi Sad]] ([[Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina|SAP Vojvodina]], [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|SR Serbia]]) |page=495 }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Maribor]], [[Drava Banovina]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]] (now in [[Slovenia]])
| death_date =
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|7|1934|3|17|df=y}}
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| occupation = Poet, writer, essayist
| occupation = Poet, writer, essayist
| genre =
| genre =
| movement = [[Modernism]]
| movement = [[Modernism]]
| notableworks = Negativ Gojka Mrča, Poslikava notranjščine, Kažipoti brezpotij, Med besedo in Bogom
| notableworks = Negativ Gojka Mrča, Poslikava notranjščine, Kažipoti brezpotij, Med besedo in Bogom
| awards = {{Awd|[[Rožanc Award]]|1994|for Med besedo in bogom}}{{Awd|[[Jenko Award]]|2004|for Poslikava notranjščine}}{{Awd|[[Veronika Award]]|2009|for Kažipoti brezpotij}}{{Awd|[[Prešeren Award]]|2012|for his lifetime work and his rich literary opus}}
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| children = [[Vid Snoj]]
| children = [[Vid Snoj]]
| website = {{URL|www2.arnes.si/~jsnoj2/index-en.htm}}
| website = {{URL|www2.arnes.si/~jsnoj2/index-en.htm}}
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'''Jože Snoj''' (born March 17, 1934) is a [[Slovenia]]n [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[journalist]] and [[essayist]].<ref>[http://www2.arnes.si/~jsnoj2/zivljenjepis.htm Jože Snoj<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He has been awarded the 2012 [[Prešeren Award]] for his lifetime work and rich literary opus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/newsletter_slovenia_news/news/article/391/3355/8fbad691d4/?tx_ttnews&#91;newsletter&#93;=142 |title=Prešeren Laureate Jože Snoj Seeks the Distant and Divine |date=7 February 2012 |publisher=Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia}}</ref>
'''Jože Snoj''' (17 March 1934<ref name="Jugoslovenski književni leksikon"/> – 7 October 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=V 88. letu umrl pesnik in pisatelj Jože Snoj|url=https://siol.net/novice/slovenija/v-88-letu-umrl-pesnik-in-pisatelj-joze-snoj-563148|access-date=8 October 2021|website=siol.net|language=sl}}</ref> was a Slovenian [[poet]], [[novelist]], [[journalist]] and [[essayist]].<ref>[http://www2.arnes.si/~jsnoj2/zivljenjepis.htm Jože Snoj<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was awarded the 2012 [[Prešeren Award]] for his lifetime work and rich literary opus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukom.gov.si/en/media_room/newsletter_slovenia_news/news/article/391/3355/8fbad691d4/?tx_ttnews&#91;newsletter&#93;=142 |title=Prešeren Laureate Jože Snoj Seeks the Distant and Divine |date=7 February 2012 |publisher=Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia}}</ref>


He was born in [[Maribor]], then part of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], into a wealthy [[Slovenes|Slovene]] family. His uncle, [[Franc Snoj]], was a prominent member of the [[Slovene People's Party (historical)|Slovene People's Party]] and a minister in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Royal Yugoslav]] Government. In April 1941, after the [[invasion of Yugoslavia]] he escaped with his family from the [[Nazis]] to the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)|Italian]]-occupied [[Lower Carniola]]. From there, the family had to flee again to [[Ljubljana]] in order to escape persecution by the [[Communist Party of Slovenia|Communist]]-led [[Yugoslav partisans|partisan movement]]. In 1947, his uncle Franc Snoj was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in a staged trial together with other liberal and social democrats who tried to organize a legal opposition to [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s Communist regime (the so-called Nagode's trial). These experiences deeply influenced Jože Snoj's his later literary opus.
He was born in [[Maribor]],<ref name="Jugoslovenski književni leksikon"/> then part of the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]], into a wealthy [[Slovenes|Slovene]] family. His uncle, [[Franc Snoj]], was a prominent member of the [[Slovene People's Party (historical)|Slovene People's Party]] and a minister in the [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Royal Yugoslav]] Government. In April 1941, after the [[invasion of Yugoslavia]] he escaped with his family from the [[Nazis]] to the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)|Italian]]-occupied [[Lower Carniola]]. From there, the family had to flee again to [[Ljubljana]] in order to escape persecution by the [[Communist Party of Slovenia|Communist]]-led [[Yugoslav partisans|partisan movement]]. In 1947, his uncle Franc Snoj was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in a staged trial together with other liberal and social democrats who tried to organize a legal opposition to [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s Communist regime (the so-called Nagode's trial). These experiences deeply influenced Jože Snoj's later literary opus.


After graduation in Slavic philology at the [[University of Ljubljana]] he started working as a reporter for the newspaper ''[[Delo]]''. Together with [[Dane Zajc]], [[Gregor Strniša]], [[Dominik Smole]], [[Marjan Rožanc]], and others, he was part of the generation which, influenced by the "modernist turn" of the poet [[Edvard Kocbek]], strongly challenged the [[literary canon]] established by the [[Communist regime]]. In 1963 he published his first collection of poetry, ''Mlin stooki'' ("The Mill with Hundred Eyes"), which was strongly criticised by the literary establishment for its supposedly [[decadent]] and [[Nihilism|nihilist]] content. Snoj later moved closer to [[Catholicism]], expressing religious and metaphysical preoccupations in works as ''Žalostinka za očetom in očetnjavo'' ("Elegies for Father and Fatherland") and ''Duhovne pesmi'' ("Spiritual Poems"). Among his novels, the most famous are ''Gavženhrib'' ("Gallows Hill"), an autobiographical novel about his war childhood, in which he explores the sources of evil, and ''Jožef ali zgodnje odkrivanje srčnega raka'' ("Joseph or the Early Revelation of the Heart Cancer"), in which he used the ancient [[archetypal]] figure of [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]] in a [[magical realist]] setting, in which modern and archaic intermingle.
After graduation in Slavic philology at the [[University of Ljubljana]]<ref name="Jugoslovenski književni leksikon"/> he started working as a reporter for the newspaper ''[[Delo (newspaper)|Delo]]''. Together with [[Dane Zajc]], [[Gregor Strniša]], [[Dominik Smole]], [[Marjan Rožanc]], and others, he was part of the generation which, influenced by the "modernist turn" of the poet [[Edvard Kocbek]], strongly challenged the [[literary canon]] established by the [[Communist regime]]. In 1963 he published his first collection of poetry, ''Mlin stooki'' ("The Mill with Hundred Eyes"), which was strongly criticised by the literary establishment for its supposedly [[decadent]] and [[Nihilism|nihilist]] content. Snoj later moved closer to [[Catholicism]], expressing religious and metaphysical preoccupations in works as ''Žalostinka za očetom in očetnjavo'' ("Elegy for Father and Fatherland") and ''Duhovne pesmi'' ("Spiritual Poems"). Among his novels, the most famous are ''Gavženhrib'' ("Gallows Hill"), an autobiographical novel about his war childhood, in which he explores the sources of evil, and ''Jožef ali zgodnje odkrivanje srčnega raka'' ("Joseph or the Early Diagnosis of Heart Cancer"), in which he placed the ancient [[archetypal]] figure of [[Joseph (Hebrew Bible)|Joseph]] in a [[magical realist]] setting, in which modern and archaic intermingle.


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Latest revision as of 08:42, 25 February 2024

Jože Snoj
Snoj in 2012
Snoj in 2012
Born(1934-03-17)17 March 1934
Maribor, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)[1]
Died7 October 2021(2021-10-07) (aged 87)
OccupationPoet, writer, essayist
Literary movementModernism
Notable worksNegativ Gojka Mrča, Poslikava notranjščine, Kažipoti brezpotij, Med besedo in Bogom
Notable awardsRožanc Award
1994 for Med besedo in bogom
Jenko Award
2004 for Poslikava notranjščine
Veronika Award
2009 for Kažipoti brezpotij
Prešeren Award
2012 for his lifetime work and his rich literary opus
ChildrenVid Snoj
Website
www2.arnes.si/~jsnoj2/index-en.htm

Jože Snoj (17 March 1934[1] – 7 October 2021)[2] was a Slovenian poet, novelist, journalist and essayist.[3] He was awarded the 2012 Prešeren Award for his lifetime work and rich literary opus.[4]

He was born in Maribor,[1] then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, into a wealthy Slovene family. His uncle, Franc Snoj, was a prominent member of the Slovene People's Party and a minister in the Royal Yugoslav Government. In April 1941, after the invasion of Yugoslavia he escaped with his family from the Nazis to the Italian-occupied Lower Carniola. From there, the family had to flee again to Ljubljana in order to escape persecution by the Communist-led partisan movement. In 1947, his uncle Franc Snoj was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in a staged trial together with other liberal and social democrats who tried to organize a legal opposition to Josip Broz Tito's Communist regime (the so-called Nagode's trial). These experiences deeply influenced Jože Snoj's later literary opus.

After graduation in Slavic philology at the University of Ljubljana[1] he started working as a reporter for the newspaper Delo. Together with Dane Zajc, Gregor Strniša, Dominik Smole, Marjan Rožanc, and others, he was part of the generation which, influenced by the "modernist turn" of the poet Edvard Kocbek, strongly challenged the literary canon established by the Communist regime. In 1963 he published his first collection of poetry, Mlin stooki ("The Mill with Hundred Eyes"), which was strongly criticised by the literary establishment for its supposedly decadent and nihilist content. Snoj later moved closer to Catholicism, expressing religious and metaphysical preoccupations in works as Žalostinka za očetom in očetnjavo ("Elegy for Father and Fatherland") and Duhovne pesmi ("Spiritual Poems"). Among his novels, the most famous are Gavženhrib ("Gallows Hill"), an autobiographical novel about his war childhood, in which he explores the sources of evil, and Jožef ali zgodnje odkrivanje srčnega raka ("Joseph or the Early Diagnosis of Heart Cancer"), in which he placed the ancient archetypal figure of Joseph in a magical realist setting, in which modern and archaic intermingle.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Stanko Janež (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 495.
  2. ^ "V 88. letu umrl pesnik in pisatelj Jože Snoj". siol.net (in Slovenian). Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  3. ^ Jože Snoj
  4. ^ "Prešeren Laureate Jože Snoj Seeks the Distant and Divine". Government Communication Office, Republic of Slovenia. 7 February 2012.
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