Carinthian Slovene authors on the German-language book market : the case of Florjan Lipuš

Rozman, Julija (author), Mezeg, Adriana (author)

This article deals with Slovene literature in Austrian Carinthia, where the Slovene ethnic group lives. As a case study, the translations and reception of the Carinthian Slovene Florjan Lipuš on the German-language book market are discussed. The research shows that Lipuš, unlike other Slovene writers from Carinthia, managed to attract not only Austrian but also renowned German publishers. Moreover, his works were also translated into French and Italian and were well received by the target audiences. A look at the broader context suggests that not only the excellent style and poetics of the Slovene author’s language played an important role in this success, but also the enthusiasm and positive criticism of Lipuš’s works by Peter Handke, a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature (2019). This underlines the thesis of the importance of transnational intermediaries when it comes to selecting works to be translated from Slovene into a foreign language/culture.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Carinthian Slovene literature, translation, reception, German-language book market
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2025
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 1-19
• Numbering: Bd. 70, Nr. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179815
• UDC: 821.163.6.09Lipuš F.(436.5):81'255.4
• ISSN on article: 0043-2520
• DOI: 10.13173/WS.70.1.001
• COBISS.SI-ID: 239048451
• Publication date in RUL: 25.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Die Welt der Slaven : internationale Halbjahresschrift für Slavistik
• Publisher: Verlag Otto Sagner
• ISSN: 0043-2520
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2110982

Licences

• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Description: This Creative Commons license is very similar to the regular Attribution license, but requires the release of all derivative works under this same license.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Prispevek obravnava slovensko književnost na avstrijskem Koroškem, kjer živi slovenska narodna skupnost. V središču so prevodi in recepcija del koroškega slovenskega avtorja Florjana Lipuša na nemško govorečem knjižnem trgu. Raziskava pokaže, da je Lipušu, v nasprotju z drugimi slovenskimi pisatelji s Koroške, uspelo pritegniti ne le avstrijske, temveč tudi ugledne nemške založbe. Poleg tega so bila njegova dela prevedena tudi v francoščino in italijanščino ter so bila v ciljnih kulturnih prostorih dobro sprejeta. Vpogled v širši kontekst kaže, da pri tem uspehu pomembne vloge ni imela zgolj izjemna slogovna in pesniška moč slovenskega jezika, temveč tudi navdušenje ter pozitivna kritika Lipuševih del s strani Nobelovega nagrajenca za književnost (2019) Petra Handkeja. To potrjuje tezo o pomembnosti transnacionalnih posrednikov pri izbiri del za prevod iz slovenščine v tuje jezike in kulture

• Keywords: koroška slovenska literatura, prevajanje, recepcija, nemški knjižni trg, avstrijski knjižni trg

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P6-0265-2019
• Name: Medkulturne literarnovedne študije