Ervin Fritz (born 27 June 1940) is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He also writes poetry for children, radio plays, songs and librettos. He started publishing poetry in the mid-1960s.

Fritz was born in Prebold in 1940. He studied Dramaturgy at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and worked as dramatourge at TV Ljubljana and Radio Slovenia.

Ervin Fritz

In 1979 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Okruški sveta and in 2006 he received the Veronika Award for the poetry collection Ogrlica iz rad.

Ervin Fritz

Selected works

Poetry collections

Hvalnica življenja, 1967

Dan današnji, 1972

Okruški sveta, 1978

Pesmi, 1980

Minevanje, 1982

Dejansko stanje: Pesmi in songi, 1985

Slehernik, 1987

Črna skrinjica, 1991

Pravzaprav pesmi, 1995

Favn:Pesmičice kosmatičice, 1998

Tja čez:Soneti, 2002

Pesmi: Zgodnja, zrela in pozna trgatev: jagodni izbor, 2002

Ogrlica iz rad, 2005

Drugačen svet, 2008

Dolgi pohod, 2010

Poetry collections for children

Dimnikar je črn grof, 1984

Svet v naprstniku, 1992

Mavrica Mavra, 1993

Števila, 1993

Nasprotja, 1993

Moj dan, 1993

Barve, 1994

Liki, 1994

Vrane, 2007

Prose for children

Devet zgodb in deseta desetnica, 1996

Sreča in nesreča, 2010

Plays

Farse, 1973

Mirakel o sveti Neži, 1977

Kralj Malhus, 1988

Lipicanija, 2000

Rdeči kotiček, 2009

Srčevje svetega Andreja, 2009

Krpanova kobila, opera libretto 2010

Radio plays

Komisija za samomore, 1984

Stoli, 1984

Kralj Malhus, 1986

Karantena, 1988

Ta veseli dan ali Cefizelj se ženi, 1990

Zmaj v Postojnski jami, 1990

Mirakel o sveti Neži, 1991

Krompir ali Kregarca in ljudska oblast, 1993

Radio plays for children

Zajček Peter, 1985

Sin polka, 1986

Grofič prašič, 1991

Gorski škrat, 1991

Črna baba in povodni mož, 1991

Modra Barbica, 1992

Legenda o Jezusu in svetem Petru, 1992

Papagaj kralja Matjaža, 1994

References

Slovenian poets

Slovenian male poets

Slovenian dramatists and playwrights

Slovenian translators

Living people

1940 births

Veronika Award laureates

University of Ljubljana alumni

People from the Municipality of Prebold

Ervin Fritz