death_date death_place birth_place awards notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
22 may 2007 maribor , slovenia pobrežje -rrb- , kingdom of yugoslavia -lrb- now in slovenia levstik kurent award 1970 srakač prešeren foundation award 1972 pijani '' pijani kurent '' , '' srakač '' 29 january 1933 france forstnerič.jpg france forstnerič
 france forstnerič poet , writer and journalist
france forstnerič

france forstnerič -lrb- 29 january 1933 -- 22 may 2007 -rrb- was a slovene poet , writer , and journalist .
forstnerič was born in pobrežje near ptuj in 1933 .
he trained as a teacher and taught for a number of years before becoming a journalist in 1958 .
he worked for the newspapers `` večer '' and `` delo '' and also obtained a degree in sociology from the university of ljubljana in 1979 .
he wrote for adults and children .
he is best known for his poetry that he started publishing in the early 1960s .
in 1970 he won the levstik award for his book `` srakač '' .
in 1972 he won the prešeren foundation award for his collection of poems entitled `` pijani kurent '' -lrb- the drunken kurent -rrb- .
