Born 1970 · Slovenia
Kresnik 2020 · Shortlist
V Elvisovi sobi
Sebastijan Pregelj · 49 when first published
Novel · 368 pages · Coming of age, War
AI-generated summary:Jan, an only child, grows up in multicultural Ljubljana in the last decades of Yugoslavia, and much of his life happens in the bedroom of his classmate Elvis, where he meets another culture and lives through many turning points.
Kresnik 2011 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“The Man Who Rode the Tiger”
Sebastijan Pregelj · 40 when first published
Novel · 219 pages · Speculative, Satire
AI-generated summary:A model citizen, half Georgian and half Russian, becomes a cosmonaut and is sent to a space station far above the Earth, where after two years alone he loses contact with the home planet.
Kresnik 2009 · Shortlist
Sebastijan Pregelj · 38 when first published
Novel · 239 pages · Speculative, Historical
AI-generated summary:Police special forces surround two flats in Ljubljana's skyscraper to eliminate a charismatic Muslim prophet and his international guards, but the sniper chosen for the job finds the woman he loves among the targets.
Kresnik 2005 · Shortlist
Title translated by AI:“Years of Grace”
Sebastijan Pregelj · 34 when first published
Novel · 231 pages · Speculative, Historical, Crime
AI-generated summary:A retired cleaner finds tiny fingers broken off an angel statue in a church, and they turn out to be real children's fingers, setting off an investigation that reaches back to angels on Earth in the 18th century.