Jure Jakob was born in Celje in 1977. He obtained his Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, where he lives and works as a freelance cultural worker. So far, he has published four poetry collections. Upon its release in 2003, his first book, Tri postaje (Three Stops), seemingly reservedly, but thoroughly reshuffled the cards of contemporary Slovenian poetry. It won Jakob the zlata ptica Award and also earned him a prominent spot in the anthology of young Slovenian poets after 1990, which borrowed a verse of one of his poems for its title. The poetry collection was quickly sold out and reprinted in 2009. Jakob’s second collection, Budnost, (Awake), came out in 2006, his third, Zapuščeni kraji, (Abandoned Places), in 2010 and his most recent, Delci dela (Little Peaces of Work), in 2013, establishing him as one of the standout poetic voices of his generation.
