Boris A. Novak

{{Short description|Slovene poet, dramaturge and editor (born 1953)}}

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| name = Boris A. Novak

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| caption =Boris A. Novak in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|12|03|df=y}}

| birth_place = Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Serbia)

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| occupation = Poet, dramaturge and editor

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| notableworks = Stihožitje, 1001 stih, Mojster nespečnosti

| awards = {{Awd|Prešeren Foundation Award|1984|for 1001 stih}}{{Awd|Jenko Award|1995|for Mojster nespečnosti }}

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Boris A. Novak, full name Boris Ante Novak, (born 3 December 1953) is a Slovene poet, dramaturge and editor.{{cite web |url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/208/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=Slovenian |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |accessdate=10 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210215213/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/208/detail.html |archivedate=10 February 2012 }}

Novak was born in 1953 in Belgrade where he also spent his early childhood. He completed secondary schooling in Ljubljana and studied comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a dramaturge at the Slovene National Theatre and as a lecturer at the University. He has also been involved in humanitarian work and was in 2002 elected vice-president of International PEN.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pen-international.org/who-we-are/pen-presidents/# |title=PEN International site |access-date=2012-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130192804/http://www.pen-international.org/who-we-are/pen-presidents/# |archive-date=2016-11-30 |url-status=dead }}

He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1984 for his poetry collection 1001 stih (1001 verses).[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/3_Nagrade_Presernovega_sklada_1962-2012.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients] {{dead link|date=January 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and the Jenko Award in 1995 for the collection Mojster nespečnosti (Master of Insomnia).