11 Facts About Janez Menart

Janez Menart was a Slovene poet, best known for his Intimist poetry.

Janez Menart translated a number of classic French and English poetry and drama works into Slovene, including Shakespeare's sonnets.

Janez Menart soon fell ill, so the family moved back to Ljubljana.

Janez Menart's father worked as an emergency medical technician and committed suicide when Janez was seven years old.

Janez Menart was able to enter grammar school only because he won one of the four scholarships offered by Drava Banovina in 1940.

Janez Menart died in Ljubljana due to a hospital infection.

Janez Menart was one of the most popular Slovene poets in the second half of the 20th century.

Janez Menart gradually published them in a continuously larger number of literary journals and by radio.

Janez Menart's poetry is traditionally confessional, the narration realistic and satirical while the form rests on traditional meter with romantic images and everyday reality.

Janez Menart translated English Renaissance plays such as Volpone by Jonson and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

Janez Menart was the first in Slovenia to publish a CD audiobook, with his poems largely interpreted by him himself.