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Something about Bojan Ekselenski
Translated by David Limon
Born 29 June 1964 in Celje (then in Yugoslavia, now Slovenia). Attended the Celje IV. Primary School, which was later renamed as Ivan Kovačič Efenka Primary School, but later reverted to its original name. He then attended the Secondary School of Chemistry in Celje, which was similarly renamed and transformed. After this, he completed his obligatory military service and was then employed at Cinkarna Celje, where he still finds shelter now. He lives, ekes out a living and writes in Celje, looking out on a car park, which became a building site and then reverted back to a car park again.
He is the current president of the Celje Literary Society and has published in various literary journals in Slovenia, as well as collections abroad (see the list below). He is the author of more than 20 printed books, as well as a number in digital format. He has also served as the co-editor of the only two anthologies of Slovene fantasy literature, published after 2010, and the editor of the anthology Testimonies of Other Worlds, a selection from the first ten issues of the journal Supernova. The anthology also appeared in Serbian and is the first such Slovene anthology to appear in a Foreign language.
Since 2016 he has been the editor of Supernova, the only Slovene journal of fantasy literature. He is an active promoter of quality fantasy literature, one of the highest profile literary genres in Slovenia.
Since 2017 he has been the president of the organising committee of Fanfest, the only Slovene festival of fantasy literature, which was first held in that year.
In the roles outlined above, he attends various events in the region, where he promotes Slovene speculative fiction (fantasy fiction in the broadest sense of the word).
He has received the following international awards for his work:
- »Diploma za izuzetan doprinos popularizaciji naučne fantastike« at the international festival SFTerracon in Belgrade, Serbia (2019).
- »Zlatni zmaj« at the 10th Refesticon, international festival of fantasy literature in Bijelo Polje, Montenegro (2023)
