Ciril Bergles

{{Short description|Slovene poet, essayist and translator}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|07|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Repče, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|8|25|1934|07|18|df=y}}

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| occupation = Poet, translator and essayist

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| notableworks = Moj dnevnik priča, Pesnik v Benetkah, Ellis Island

| awards = {{Awards|Jenko Award|2004|for Moj dnevnik priča}}

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Ciril Bergles (18 July 1934 – 25 August 2013) was a Slovene poet, essayist and translator.{{cite web|url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/slovo-pesnika-in-prevajalca-cirila-berglesa/316145 |title=Slovo pesnika in prevajalca Cirila Berglesa :: Prvi interaktivni multimedijski portal, MMC RTV Slovenija |publisher=Rtvslo.si |date=2013-08-26 |accessdate=2013-09-03}} He published numerous collections of poetry and was also known for his translations of poetry, mostly by Spanish and South American authors, into Slovene.{{cite web |url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/671/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=Slovenian |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |accessdate=1 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129075025/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/671/detail.html |archive-date=29 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Bergles was born in Repče, just outside Ljubljana in 1934. He studied Slovene and English at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a secondary school teacher after graduation. He started publishing his poetry in 1984 with his collection Na poti v tišino (On the Path to Silence). In 2004 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Moj dnevnik priča (My Diary Speaks).[http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/jenkova-nagrada-snoju-in-berglesu/133853 Jenkova nagrada Snoju in Berglesu (The Jenko Prize for Snoj and Bergles)], RTV Slovenija, 15 December 2004 He translated poetry by Jorge Guillén, Alejandra Pizarnik, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Adrienne Rich, Fernando Pessoa, Luis Cernuda, Justo Jorge Padrón, Miguel de Unamuno, Constantine Cavafy, Rubén Darío, Ernesto Cardenal, Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca and César Vallejo into Slovene. He also published an anthology of Basque poets in Slovene entitled Branil bom očetovo hišo (I Will Defend My Father's House).[http://www.basqueliterature.com/es/news/1199899493 Basque Literature Portal]