Born 1960 · Slovenia
Kresnik 2026 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Tobacconist”
Roman Rozina · 65 when first published
Novel · 251 pages
AI-generated summary:From behind the small window of his newspaper kiosk, a very particular man who finds safety there from the outside world comes to know in detail the people who pass by, their joys and their sorrows.
Kresnik 2022 · Winner
Title translated by AI:“A Hundred Years of Blindness”
Roman Rozina · 61 when first published
Novel · 539 pages · Family, Historical
AI-generated summary:Through the Knap family and Matija, who is born blind, the novel follows a century of life in Slovenia's coal-mining district, where peasants become proletarians and the mines give and take away houses, fields and people.