Korun, Barbara

Barbara Korun, born in 1963 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is a freelance writer. She has worked for twenty years as a teacher in schools and as a lecturer and dramaturge at Slovenian theaters. Her first book was named best debut of the year in Slovenia, while her poetry collection “Pridem takoj” (2011) received the Veronika Prize as the best Slovenian poetry collection of the year in 2011. She also writes reviews and essays and is actively involved in the promotion of women’s poetry. Since 2013, she has organized regular monthly meetings to promote the work of Slovenian women poets, for which she was awarded the Mira Prize of the Slovenian PEN Center.