Rožanc Award
# Rožanc Award

The Rožanc Award (Slovene: Rožančeva nagrada) is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best collection of essays in Slovene. It has been bestowed since 1993. It is named after the author, playwright and journalist Marjan Rožanc.

## Rožanc Award laureates

| Year | Author | Essay Collection | Title in English |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | Andrej Capuder | Povest o knjigah | Tale of Books |
| 2014 | Marcel Štefančič | Kdor prej umre, bo dlje mrtev | He Who Dies Early Will Be Dead for Longer |
| 2013 | Alojz Ihan | Državljanski eseji | Civic Essays |
| 2012 | Meta Kušar | Kaj je poetično ali Ura ilegale | What is Poetic or the Hour of the Underground |
| 2011 | Miklavž Komelj | Nujnost poezije | The Need for Poetry |
| 2010 | Peter Kovačič Peršin | Vrnitev k Itaki: Slovenci v procesih globalizacije | Return to Ithaka: Slovenes in the Processes of Globalization |
| 2009 | Ifigenija Zagoričnik Simonović | Konci in kraji | Bits and Places |
| 2008 | Dušan Jovanović | Svet je drama | The World is a Drama |
| 2007 | Aleš Šteger | Berlin | Berlin |
| 2007 | Igor Zabel | Eseji o moderni in sodobni umetnosti | Essays on Modern and Contemporary Art |
| 2006 | Drago Jančar | Duša Evrope | The Soul of Europe |
| 2005 | Aleksander Zorn | Smešna žalost preobrazbe | The Funny Sadness of Transformation |
| 2004 | Gorazd Kocjančič | Tistim zunaj: Eksoterični zapisi 1990–2003 | To Those Outside: Exoteric Notes 1990–2003 |
| 2003 | Vinko Ošlak | Spoštovanje in bit | Respect and Being |
| 2002 | Vinko Möderndorfer | Gledališče v ogledalu | The Theatre in a Mirror |
| 2001 | Iztok Geister | Levitve | Moultings |
| 2000 | Edvard Kovač | Oddaljena bližina | The Distant Proximity |
| 1999 | Milan Dekleva | Gnezda in katedrale | Nests and Cathedrals |
| 1998 | Aleš Berger | Krokiji in beležke | Sketches and Notes |
| 1997 | Matevž Kos | Prevzetnost in pristranost | Pride and Prejudice |
| 1996 | Tomo Virk | Ujetniki bolečine | Prisoners of Pain |
| 1995 | Drago Jančar | Egiptovski lonci mesa | Egyptian Pots of Meat |
| 1994 | Jože Snoj | Med besedo in bogom | Between the Word and God |
| 1993 | Drago Jančar | Razbiti vrč | The Broken Jug |
