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* 31.05.1973, Ptuj, Slovenia
lives in: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Aleš Šteger was born in Ptuj (Slovenia) in 1973. He studied Comparative Literature and German Studies at the University of Ljubljana and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995.

From 1995-97 Aleš Šteger worked as cultural editor of the magazine Tribuna. Since 1999 he has been editor of the theory edition Koda and the edition Beletrina at the publishing house SOU-Studentska zalozba.

From 1995-2004 and again from 2008 to the present day, he initiated and organized the international poetry festival Dnevi poezije in vina (Days of Poetry and Wine) as a program director, for many years in Medana, and from 2010 on in his home town Ptuj.

Aleš Šteger has published seven volumes of poetry and eight volumes of prose, including two novels and several collections of essays. His works have been translated into many languages, including German and English. Šteger himself also translates German and Spanish poetry, among others Durs Grünbein, Ingeborg Bachmann, Gottfried Benn as well as Pablo Neruda and César Vallejo.

Aleš Šteger lives in Ljubljana.

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