Ervin Fritz

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. and in 2006 he received the Veronika Award for the poetry collection Ogrlica iz rad.

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