Andrej Medved

Andrej Medved (born 3 February 1947) is a Slovene poet, editor and translator. He has published numerous poetry collections.

Medved was born in Ljubljana in 1947. He studied philosophy and history of art at the University of Ljubljana and worked as an editor at various publications including the ''Le Livre Slovène'', the predecessor of the current ''Litterae slovenicae'', published by the Slovene Writers' Association. He currently works as a curator at the ''Coastal Galleries'' in Piran and is editor of the ''Artes'' and ''Hyperion'' series.

He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 2003 for his poetry collection ''Hiperion'', the Jenko Award in 2008 for his poetry collection ''Približevanja'' (Convergences) and the Veronika Award in 2010 for ''Razlagalec sanj'' (Interpreter of Dreams). Provided by Wikipedia