Stanka Hrastelj

The writer and poet Stanka Hrastelj has for her literary work received several awards, among them the 2012 Mladinska knjiga Blue Bird Award for best novel, titles the 2007 Slovene Poetry Knight and the 2001 Best Young Poet, as well as The Best Literary Debut Award in 2005. Her opus includes two books of poems, Nizki toni (Založba GOGA, 2005) and Gospod, nekaj imamo za vas (Študentska založba, 2009), as well as the novel Igranje (Mladinska knjiga, 2012). She lives and works in Krško and in addition to writing devotes her time to organising cultural events, mentoring aspiring authors, and shaping ceramics.