Jasmin Frelih (born 1986) is a Slovenian writer, editor and translator.[1] He was born in Kranj, Slovenia, in 1986. He studied literature at the University of Ljubljana.

Jasmin Frelih.

Works

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Frelih's first novel Na/pol appeared in 2013, and won the best literary debut award at the Slovenian Book Fair. It also won the 2016 EU Prize for Literature. In/Half, an English translation by Jason Blake, was published by Oneworld Publications in November 2018[2]

His first short story collection Ideoluzije (Tiny Ideologies) was published in 2015.

He is an editor of I.D.I.O.T., a literary journal, and his writings and translations have appeared in leading literary magazines in Slovenia. He also translates from Slovenian into English and vice versa.

References

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  1. "Jasmin B. Frelih — European Union Prize for Literature". www.euprizeliterature.eu. Archived from the original on 2018-10-19. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
  2. Frelih, Jasmin B. (2018). In / Half. Blake, Jason (translator). London, England: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 978-1786073907. OCLC 1022979080.