Iztok Geister

Iztok Geister (born 20 August 1945) is a Slovene writer, poet, essayist and ornithologist. He is best known for his avant-garde poetry from the mid-1960s and 1970s. He is also one of the founding members of the Slovenian branch of BirdLife International.[1]

Iztok Geister
Born(1945-08-20)20 August 1945
Laško, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
OccupationWriter, poet, essayist, lawyer and ornithologist
Notable worksLevitve, Pospala poželenja
Notable awardsRožanc Award
2001 for Levitve
Prešeren Foundation Award
2004 for Pospala poželenja

Geister was born in Laško in 1945. He studied Law at the University of Ljubljana but has worked as a freelance artist and naturalist for over thirty years.[2] In 2001 he received the Rožanc Award for his essays Levitve (Moultings). In 2005 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his book Pospala poželenja.[3]

Published work

Prose

  • Levitve (2001)
  • Pospala poželenja (2002)
  • Mojster zloženih peruti (2003)
  • Ljubljansko barje (1995)
  • Nenavadni izleti : v slovensko naravo (2003)
  • Sečoveljske soline (2004)
  • Naravni zakladi Brda pri Kranju (2006)
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