Preseren Awards Conferred as Slovenia Celebrates Culture

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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February: Preseren Fund Prize winner Marko Peljhan, a multimedia artist.
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Preseren laureate Radko Polic Rac addresses the ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February.
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Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
Preseren laureate Radko Polic Rac addresses the ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February.
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Preseren laureate Janez Maticic while a pianist performs one of his composition at the ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February.
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Preseren laureate Janez Maticic at the ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February.
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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February: Preseren Fund Prize winners Vesna and Matej Vozlic, architects.
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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February: Preseren Fund Prize winner Suzana Tratnik, an author.
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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February: Preseren Fund Prize winner Joze Slak - Dojka, a painter, (left) and Dusan Jovanovic, the head of the Preseren Fund board.
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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February: Preseren Fund Prize winner Urska Pompe, a composer.
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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February: ballet dancer Anton Bogov, a Preseren Fund Prize winner. In the background Dusan Jovanovic, the head of the Preseren Fund board.
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The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February, with the bestowal of Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prizes.
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Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February, with the bestowal of Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prizes.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
The ceremony marking Culture Day, 8 February, with the bestowal of Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prizes.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
A reception for the Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prize winers ahead of the ceremony marking Culture Day: (left to right) Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti, Preseren laureates Radko Polic Rac and Janez Maticic, Speaker of Parliament France Cukjati, and Prime Minister Janez Jansa and his companion Urska Bacovnik.
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Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
A reception for the Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prize winners ahead of the ceremony marking Culture Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
A reception for the Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prize winners ahead of the ceremony marking Culture Day.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
A reception for the Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prize winners ahead of the ceremony marking Culture Day.
Preseren laureates Radko Polic Rac (left) and Janez Maticic.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, Cankarjev dom
A reception for the Preseren Prize and Preseren Fund Prize winners ahead of the ceremony marking Culture Day.
Preseren laureates Radko Polic Rac (left) and Janez Maticic.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA