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- Nominacija za Prešernovo nagrado, 2009
==BIBLIOGRAPHY (until end of VIII - 2006)==
===Brief Resume===
Marjan Tomšič was born in 1939 at Rače near Maribor where he attended primary school. After having finished high-school in Maribor, he studied Slovenian at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana. He started his career as Slovenian language teacher at Grahovo near Cerknica. Then he moved to Istria and was teaching in primary schools Marezige and Gračišče. For several years he worked as a journalist (for Radio Koper-Capodistria, the weekly Primorske novice, and the national daily paper 'Delo'). Since 1986 he works as a full-time writer.
So far, he published nine novels, seven collections of novelettes and short stories, and seven works for the young and the elderly; fairy tales and stories from childhood. 19 of his radio dramas, humoresques and satires were performed. He wrote 12 theatre pieces. Based on his 19 screenplays, the director Koni Steinbacher filmed 19 short cartoons (mostly at Viba film).
Literary categories and topics in his works: SF and psycho fiction, satire, humoresque, comedy, grotesque, erotic and love stories, mystical stories (magic realism), tales, stories of sages or philosophical stories, social/political prose, the world of child's imagination, etc.
Collections of novelettes and stories
Krog v krogu (Circle within a Circle, satires and fantasy stories), Ljubljana, DZS 1968
Onstran (Beyond, fantasy stories), Koper, Lipa 1980
Olive in sol (Olives and Salt, Istrian novelettes), Koper, Lipa 1983
Veter večnosti (The Wind of Eternity, SF and dream novelettes), Ljubljana, Tehniška založba, 1989
Kažuni (Stone Cottages, Istrian novelettes), Ljubljana, Kmečki glas, 1994
Vruja (Istrian and other stories), Koper, Lipa 1994
Prah vesolja (The Dust of the Universe, stories from a labyrinth), Ljubljana, CZ 1999
South wind (tales about slovenian women in Egypt), Založba 2000, Lj 2006
Novels
Ti pa kar greš (And You Simply Go, autobiographic novel), Ljubljana, Borec 1987
Kafra (Camphor, autobiographic novel), Ljubljana KG 1988
Šavrinke (Istrian Costerwomen, archaic Istria), Ljubljana, KG 1986; and 2nd revised version: KG, 1999
Oštrigeca (Whatwizardry, novel about the magic Istria), Ljubljana, Mladika 1991
Zrno od frmentona (Corn Grain, post-war Istria), Ljubljana, CZ 1993
Ognjeni žar (Love Ardour, love story), Ljubljana, Mihelač 1994
Vrnitev (Come-Back, socially critical novel), Maribor, Obzorja 1998
Škatlarji – Box People (satirical novel), Ljubljana, Prešernova družba 1999
Norček – A Fool (fairy novel), Ljubljana, KG 1996
Grenko morje – Bitter Sea (a novel on Alexandria women), Ljubljana, KZ, 2002
Youth Literature, Stories for Children and Youth
Super frača (Super Sling, stories from the childhood), Ljubljana, Borec 1988
Noč je moja, dan je tvoj (The Night Is Mine, the Day Is Yours, Istrian folk stories), Ljubljana, KG 1989
Glavo gor, uha dol (Head Up, Ears Down, Istrian tales), Ljubljana, KG 1993
Začarana hiša (Enchanted House, Istrian tales), Koper, Lipa 1994
Zgodbice o kačah (Stories of Snakes, fairy tales), Ljubljana,
Mladika 1996
Frkolini - (stories from the childhood), Ljubljana, Mladika 1998
Katka in Bunkec (Cathy and Bobby - in the swirl of the parents’ divorce),
Ljubljana, MK 2000
Kar je moje, je tudi tvoje (What Is Mine Is Yours As Well), animal tales, Mladika 2004
Radio plays
Kocka (Cube), Radio Koper-Capodistria, performed in 1977
Saj ni res (Come on!), Radio C-K, performed in 1983
Trije (The Three), Radio C-K, performed in 1984
Ključ (The Key), Radio C-K, performed in 1987
Štiglica - Radio Ljubljana, performed in 1989
Jezus Križani (Jesus the Crucified), Radio C-K, performed in 1992
Nihalce, nihalce (Pendulum, pendulum, a humoresque), Radio C-K, performed in 1992
Salto mortale (a humoresque), Radio Koper-Capodistria, performed in 1993
Rešitev (Solution), Radio Ljubljana, performed in 1993
Oštrigeca (Whatwizardry, radio performance of the novel), RAI and Radio Slovenia, 1993, 1996
Tartufi (Truffles, a humoresque), Radio C-K 1994
Romeo y Julieta, RAI - Slovenian Radio Trieste, performed in 1994
Bojevniki (Warriors), Radio Ljubljana, performed in 1996
Daemon, RAI - Slovenian Radio Trieste, 1997
Silvorex, RAI - Slovenian Radio Trieste, 1997, not yet performed
Črni angel (Black Angel, short radio drama), Radio Slovenia, 1999
Aleksandrinke (The Alexandrines), in three acts, RAI 2001
Šavrinke (Istrian Costerwomen, adapted by Petra Tanko), Radio Slovenia, Istrian
Programme, 2001
Scenarios for short cartoons*:
Močvirje (Marsh), amateur film: Cartoon Studio Izola (Academy of Drama and Film in Ljubljana - ADF), 1973
Agonija (Agony, amateur feature film), Cartoon Studio Izola 1974
Močvirje (Swamp), Viba film 1976/77
Student (co-author), Viba film, 1975
Prehitevanje (Overtaking, co-author), Viba film, 1976
Vrata (The Door), Viba film, 1978
Gor (Up), Viba film, 1978
Kokan, Viba film, 1979
Epidemija (Epidemic), Viba film, 1982
Komar (Mosquito), Viba film, 1982
Grič (Hill), Viba film, 1982
Amorček (Little Cupid), Viba film, 1982
Znanstvenik (Scientist), Viba film, 1982
Na zeleni veji (On the Green Branch), Viba film, 1982
Vsiljivec (Intruder), Viba film, 1983
Kamen (Stone), Viba film, 1984
Kače (Snakes, Egg, Gordian Knot, Projection, Adam and Eve, Zip), Viba film, 1986/87
Večerja (Dinner, idea for a short cartoon), 2000
Izdelovalec mask (Mask Maker), 2001
*All films and cartoons were directed by Koni Steinbacher, only the Mosquito was painted by the painter Boris Benčič.
Drama, Theatre Performances*
Pločevina - Tin, drama, 1960
Reka - River, drama, 1992
Jezus Križani - Jesus the Crucified, TV drama, 1995
Toti kufer – This Gripsack, TV drama, 1995
Oštrigeca - Whatwizardry, film scenario, 1996
Bušca jes, bužec on – I Poor Thing, He Poor Thing, monocomedy, 1997
Humbala Tata, satire, 1997
Jesus Crucified, drama, 1998
Južič and Juča, comedy, 1998
Šandrinke, drama, 2000
Aleksandrinke, drama, 2001
Reviews, essays, portrays by Marjan Tomšič:
- Jože Pohlen, Književni listi, Ljubljana 1994,
- Alojz Kocjančič, Nova revija, Ljubljana 1995, Istran 1998,
- Edelman Jurinčič, in the magazines Primorska srečanja (Koper) and Sodobnost (Ljubljana) 1995,
- Dimitrij Kralj, Primorska srečanja, Koper 1995
- Alojz Kocjančič, Kubejski zbornik 1998
- Literatura na pragu novega tisočletja (Literature at the Threshold of a New Era),Sodobnost, Ljubljana 12/99,
- Jože Pohlen, A Traveller's Portrait, Primorska srečanja, Koper 2001
TRANSLATIONS
Translated and published works:
Oštrigeca - Whatwizardry (novel), Hermagoras Publisher, Klagenfurt, 1995, translated into German by Hemma Schaar and Maria Sitter
Šavrinke - Costerwomen (novel), Editor Annales Koper 1997, translated by Diomira Fabjan-Bajc
Translated works yet to be published
Šavrinke - Savrinkorna (novel), translated to Swedish by Boris Jericijo
- Oštrigeca - WHATWIZARDRY (novel), translated into English by Anne Čeh
(Norček - LE FOU (fairy novel), translated into French)
Jezus križani - Jesus the Crucified (radio drama), translated to Italian by Giuseppe Trani
Radiacija pa silovito narašča (novel) - Radiazioni in vertiginoso aumento, translated by Roberto Battelli
Katka in Bunkec - Katka e Bunkec (edition for children), translated by Elena Morando
Prah vesolja - La Poussière de l'Univers, a story from the book with the same title translated in French by the harpist Valentina Hribar; read during her concerts in Geneva and Sion.
Translations in anthologies:
Vilenica 1992, Jesus Crucified from the novelette 'The Radiation Is Violently Increasing', translated in French by Viktor Jesenik, Editor: Veno Taufer, DSP – Association of Slovenian Writers
Vilenica 1995, Jesus Crucified from the novel Šavrinke, translated by Diomira Fabjan-Bajc, Editor: Veno Taufer, DSP
Ode to Wine and Vine - JE LA SUNA FLANKO DE ALPOJ, in esperanto, edited and translated by Vinko Ošlak, Mohorjeva družba, Klagenfurt 1992
ISTRIEN, Jesus Crucified from the novel Whatwizardry, translated into German by Hemma Schaar and Maria Sitter, Editor Wieser, Klagenfurt 1997
Literaturkalender 2000, Spektrum des Geistes, pg. 78 (Sternenregen – Jesus Crucified from Oštrigeca), Husum (Germany) 2000
Translations and articles published in magazines
LOG, Vienna, Nr. 46/1989: 'Radiation Is Violently Increasing'- Und die Radiation steigt unheimlich an - translated into German by Lev Detela
Monograph Od Kopra do Pirana (From Koper to Piran). "Na vapor" (On a Vaporetto), fragment from Costerwomen, translated in English, German and Italian,
Publisher: MK Ljubljana, 1986
ISTRIA, Pula 1987: fragment from Costerwomen, translated in Croatian by
Goran Filippi
MURATAJ, Lendava 1991, short story Stained Glass, in Hungarian
LITTERAE SLOVENICAE 1 - Slowenische literarische Zeitschrift, Editor
Jani Virk; Essay by Ines Cergol-Bavčar, dedicated to the work of M. Tomšič, translated into German by Katharina Schober; novelette Zanigrad, translated in German by Mira Miladinović, edited by DSP (Association of Slovenian Writers), Ljubljana 1992
NOVA ISTRA, Pula, No. 3/96,: novelette Irma's Flight, translated in Croatian by Goran Filippi, Pula 1996
SOUVISLOSTI, Vol. 1/31/1997: fragment from Norček - The Fool - translated in Czech language by Jan Štemberk, Martin Valašek, Marinka Svetina, Prague (Czech Republic) 1997
LOG, Nr. 71/1996; Oštrigeca - Whatwizardry, brief review by Lev Detela, Vienna 1996
LITERATUR UND KRITIK (339 - 340), Salzburg, November 1999; Josef Kemptner: Istrien hinauf - Eine Wanderung mit Marjan Tomšič
LOG, Nr. 84/1999; Slowenische Literatur im europäischen Kontext, Lev Detela, Vienna 1999
KNJIŽEVNA REVIJA (LITERARY MAGAZINE), Vol. 1/2-2000; Bajka o vinu – The Tale of Wine (translation into Croatian of 'Ode to Wine and Vine'), translated by Jania Pogačnik); Essay on the Slovenian prose, author Miran Štuhec; Osijek - Croazia 2000
The Case of Istria and Šavrinija, essay by Sabina Mihelj, 2001
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Cartoon 'Študent' - The Student: Silver Prize at Film Festival in Belgrade, (1975), and acknowledgement of Metod Badjura.
'Metod Badjura Award' for other three cartoons:
Močvirje - Swamp (1977), Epidemija - Epidemic (1982), Vsiljivec – Intruder (1982)
Cartoons Kamen – The Stone and Epidemic have received Golden Medal at Film Festival in Belgrade (1985)
Various awards for radio dramas (The Cube, The Three, The Key).
Second Prize for the humoresque Polžja farma – Snail Farm at 2nd Festival of Humour, Satire and Caricature, Ribnica 1988
First Prize for the novel Šavrinke - Costerwomen (1985, at anonymous contest of Kmečki glas, Ljubljana)
Kajuh Prize for the novel Ti pa kar greš – And You Just Go, 1988
Prešeren Foundation Prize for the collection of novelettes Kažuni, and for the novel Oštrigeca - Whatwizardry, 1991
The novel Oštrigeca - Whatwizardry – nomination for Kresnik Prize, Muljava 1992
The novel Zrno od frmentona – Corn Grain was placed among five best Slovenian novels in 1994 (Kresnik Prize which is granted by the Association of Slovenian Writers and the daily ‘Delo’)
Alojz Kocjančič Prize – major award for authors writing about Istrian topics, granted in 1996 for the series of works on Istria
Prize Nomination for satires Državna meja – State Border, and Vauu, fantastično! - Wauu, phantastic!, 2nd Slovenian Triennial of Satire and Humour - Aritas, Šmarje 1998
Slavko Grum Contest, Kranj 1998, drama Jezus Križani - Jesus the Crucified was listed among four best texts
International Prize for Youth Literature: "Words without Borders" at Trento 2001, awarded by the Region Trentino-Alto Adige and by 'Soroptimist International Club', for the youth work Katka & Bunkec
First Prize for the satire Dar služenja – The Gift of Service;
3rd Slovenian Triennial of Satire and Humour - Aritas, Šmarje 2001.
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