Vinko Möderndorfer

Vinko Möderndorfer (born 22 September 1958) is a Slovene writer, poet, playwright and theatre and film director.

Möderndorfer was born in Celje in 1958. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and worked in numerous theatre companies around Slovenia. He started writing poetry in the late 1970s and since the early 1980s also published numerous works of prose, essays and drama as well as poetry and stories for children.

In 2000 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his book of short stories Nekatere ljubezni. In 2003 he received the Rožanc Award for Gledališče v ogledalu (The Theatre in a Mirror).

Film 

 Inferno (2014 Slovenian film) directed by Vinko Möderndorfer, starring Jozica Avbelj, Ludvik Bagari, Silvo Bozic

Published work

Poetry for children
 Kako se dan lepo začne (The Day Starts So Well), 1993
 Madonca fleten svet (Goodness, What A Great World), 1995
 Zakaj so sloni rahlospeči (Why Elephants Are Light Sleepers), 2003
 Luža, čevelj, smrkelj in rokav (Puddle, Shoe, Snot and Sleeve) 2009

Prose for children
 Sin Srakolin, 1999
 Muc Langus in Čarovnička Gajka (Langus the Cat and Gajka the Little Witch), 2002
 Vrnitev muca Langusa in Čarovničke Gajke (The Return of Langus the Cat and Gajka the Little Witch), 2006
 Potovanje muca Langusa & Čarovničke Gajke (The Travels of Langus the Cat and Gajka the Little Witch), 2009
 Rdečehlačka : vesele zgodbe zelo male deklice (Redpants : Happy Stories of A Tiny Little Girl), 2010
 Velika žehta (The Great Wash), 2011

Dramska for children
 Pozor! Hudobe na delu! (Beware! Naugties at Work!), 1997
 Miši v operni hiši (Mice at the Opera House), 2007

Poetry collections for adults 
 Rdeči ritual (Red Ritual), 1975
 Pesmičice (Small Poems), 1977
 Mah (Moss), 1981
 Telo (Body), 1989
 Male nočne ljubavne pesmi (A Little Night Love Poetry), 1993
 Zlodejeve žalostinke (The Devil's Laments), 1999
 Pesmi iz črne kronike (Poems from the Black Chronicle), 1999
 Temno modro kot september (Dark Blue Like September), 2003
 Skala in srce (Rock and Heart), 2004
 Razhajanja (Partings), 2007
 Dotikanja (Touchings), 2008
 Tavanja (Wanderings), 2010
 Prostost sveta (The Freedom of the World), 2011
 Nimam več sadja zate (I Have No More Fruit for You), 2011

Short stories 
 Krog male smrti (The Small Death Circle), 1993
 Čas brez angelov (A Time Without Angels), 1994
 Tarok pri Mariji (Taro at Maria's), 1994
 Ležala sva tam in se slinila kot hudič (We Lay There Slobbering Like Hell), 1996
 Nekatere ljubezni  (Some Loves), 1997
 Total (Total), 2000
 Druga soba: novelete (The Other Room), 2004
 Vsakdanja spominjanja : zgodbe 1993–2007 (Eneryday Memories: stories 1993 – 2007), 2008
 Kino dom : zgodbe nekega kina (Home Cinema: the Stories of a Movie Theatre), 2008
 Plava ladja (Blue Boat), 2010

Novels 
 Tek za rdečo hudičevko, (Running After the Red She-Devil), 1996
 Pokrajina št. 2 (Landscape No.2), 1998
 Predmestje (Outskirts), 2002
 Omejen rok trajanja, (Limited Sell By Date), 2003
 Ljubezni Sinjebradca, (Sinjebradec's Loves), 2005
 Nespečnost (Insomnia), 2006
 Odprla sem oči in šla k oknu (I Opened My Eyes and Went to the Window), 2007
 Opoldne nekega dne, (At Midday One Day), 2008
 Nihče več ne piše pisem, (No One Writes Letters Any More), 2011

Plays
 Kruti dnevi (Cruel Days), 1982
 Prilika o doktorju Josefu Mengeleju (The Tale of Doctor Josef Mengele), 1986
 Help, 1989
 Camera obscura, 1990
 Hamlet in Ofelija (Hamlet and Ophelia), 1994
 Transvestitska svatba (The Transvestite Wedding), 1994
 Sredi vrtov (Amidst Gardens), 1995
 Štirje letni časi (The Four Seasons), 1996
 Jožef in Marija (Joseph and Mary), 1997
 Vaja zbora – tri komedije (Choral Practice – Three Comedies), 1998
 Limonada slovenica (Slovenian Soap), 1999
 Mama je umrla dvakrat (Mother Died Twice), 1999
 Podnajemnik (The Subtennant), 2000
 Klub Fahreinheit (The Fareinheit Club), 2001
 Mefistovo poročilo (Mephistopheles' Report), 2002
 Tri sestre (The Three Sisters), 2002
 Limonada slovenica: štiri komedije (Slovenian Soap: Four Comedies), 2003
 Na kmetih (On the Farm), 2003
 Mrtve duše (Dead Souls), 2004
 Na dnu (At the Bottom), 2006
 Šah mat ali Šola moralne prenove za može in žene (Cheque Mate or the School of Moral Renweal for Men and Women), 2006
 Štiri komedije (Four Comedies), 2008
 Lep dan za umret (A Good Day to Die), 2009
 Blumen aus Krain: igre 1990–2010 (Blumen aus Krain: plays 1990 – 2010), 2011

Essay collections
 Gledališče v ogledalu (The Theatre in a Mirror), 2001
 Vzporedni svet : razmišljanja o ustvarjanju (Parallel Word : Thoughts on Creativity), 2005
 Hvalnica koži'' (Ode to Skin), 2011

References

Category:Slovenian writers
Category:Slovenian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Slovenian poets
Category:Slovenian theatre directors
Category:Slovenian film directors
Category:Living people
Category:1958 births
Category:People from Celje
Category:University of Ljubljana alumni