Andrej Rozman
Andrej Rozman is a Slovene poet, writer, actor, and street theatre producer. He writes poems and creates plays for children and also writes satirical poetry for adults.
Life and work
Rozman was born in Ljubljana in 1955. He abandoned his study of Slovene language and literature at the University of Ljubljana to set up a small theatre group in 1978. In the 1980s he co-founded a street theatre group, Ana Monró Theatre and was its director between 1982 and 1995.
He was co-writer of the low-budget TV comedy Vrtičkarji, but left after the first thirteen episodes, disappointed by the production.
Since 2003 he has run his own theatre company Rozinteater.
Awards
Rozman won the Levstik Award in 1999 for Črvive pesmi and again in 2009 for 100 + 1 uganka.
In 2010 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his theatre and literary work.
Published works
S smetano nad jagode, poems and short stories, 1989Od talija do torija, theatre scripts, 1991Rimanice za predgospodiče, poems for children, 1993Mihec, duh in uganka, poem for children, 1996Je že vredu mama, poems, 1997Črvive pesmi, poetry for children, 1998Krava, ki jo je pasel Mihec, poetry for children, 1999Josip Vandot: Kekec in Pehta, adaptation of Josip Vandot's story, 2000Mali rimski cirkus, poetry for children, 2001Balon velikan, fairytale, 2001Rdeča žaba, zlat labod, children's book, 2001Josip Vandot: Kekec in Bedanec, adaptation of Josip Vandot's story, 2001Najbolj dolgočasna knjiga na svetu, children's book, 2002Uganke, poetry for children, 2002Josip Vandot: Kekec in Prisank, adaptation of Josip Vandot's story, 2002Razmigajmo se v križu, poems, 2003Marela, poetry for children, 2005Tih bot dedi, poetry for children, 2005SMS poezija, poetry, 2006Mihec gre prvič okrog sveta, children's book, 2006Kako je Oskar postal detektiv/How Oscar Became a Detective, short stories for children, 2007