Background
Bergles was born in Repče, just outside Ljubljana in 1934.
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Ciril Bergles
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He studied Slovene and English at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a secondary school teacher after graduation.
Career
He published numerous collections of poetry and was also known for his translations of poetry, mostly by Spanish and South American authors, into Slovene. He started publishing his poetry in 1984 with his collection Na poti v tišino (On the Path to Silence). He translated poetry by Jorge Guillén, Alejandra Pizarnik, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Adrienne Rich, Fernando Pessoa, Luis Cernuda, Justo Jorge Padrón, Miguel de Unamuno, Constantine Cavafy, Rubén Darío, Ernesto Cardenal, Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca and César Vallejo into Slovene.
He also published an anthology of Basque poets in Slovene entitled Branil bom očetovo hišo (I Will Defend My Father"s House).
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Nationality
Slovenia
Awards
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Jenko Award Jenko Award
The Jenko Award is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years.The Jenko Award is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best poetry collection in Slovene published in the previous two years.