Photo: Uroš Abram
Nina Medved (1989) won the title of the most promising young author at the Slovene national literary festival of young authors Urška (2019). Subsequently, her debut poetry book Drseči svet (Sliding World) was published in 2020 with the Public Fund for Cultural Activities (JSKD). It was nominated as the best debut book of the Slovene Book Fair (2021) and selected for the program of Festival Pranger (2021). A year later the artist self-published an audiobook with her own interpretations of poetry from the book. Her poetry also found its home in major Slovene literary magazines and other languages, such as German, Greek, Czech, English, French. It was Comparative literature and French language studies that gave her ground to grow. Thus, she co‑creates many literary activities in Slovenia and France: Book Days in Maribor, festival of translation Prevodni Pranger, international seminar for literary translation and Youth Poetry Festival in Tinqueux, France. She mainly translates from French: Makine, Teulé, Goffette, Soletti, Gellé, Forte, Lécroart, Tholomé, Gogos, Prendjova. She encourages young literary voices, especially as a mentor of a high school literary group at II. gimnazija Maribor. Through photography, she creates independent exhibitions (I take France takes me and Negative Space), she embellishes poetry books, covers festivals, and portrays artists. Several of her photographs were selected for group exhibitions. She also founded and leads Dve luni (Two Moons), Centre for the Poetisation of the World. In 2021 she was awarded the international Pont prize for promising literary authors for the “existential depth and Renaissance width” of her work.
