Kresnik Award

Kresnik is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best novel in Slovene of the previous year. It has been bestowed since 1991 at summer solstice by the national newspaper house Delo. The awards ceremony is normally held on Rožnik Hill above Ljubljana where the winner is invited to light a large bonfire. The winner also receives a financial award.^[1]

Year	Author	Novel	Title in English	Publisher
1991	Lojze Kovačič	Kristalni čas	Crystal Time[2]	DZS
1992	Feri Lainšček	Namesto koga roža cveti	Instead of Whom does the Flower Bloom[3]	Prešernova družba
1993	Miloš Mikeln	Veliki voz	The Great Bear[4]	Mihelač
1994	Andrej Hieng	Čudežni Feliks	The Miraculous Felix	Mladinska knjiga
1995	Tone Perčič	Izganjalec hudiča	The Exorcist[5]	Cankarjeva založba
1996	Berta Bojetu	Ptičja hiša	The Birdhouse[6]	Wieser
1997	Vlado Žabot	Volčje noči	Wolf Nights	Pomurska založba
1998	Zoran Hočevar	Šolen z Brega	Šolen from Breg	Založba /*cf
1999	Drago Jančar	Zvenenje v glavi	Ringing in the Head[7]	Mladinska knjiga
2000	Andrej E. Skubic	Grenki med	Bitter Honey[8]	DZS
2001	Drago Jančar	Katarina, pav in jezuit	Katarina, the Peacock and the Jesuit[9]	Slovenska matica
2002	Katarina Marinčič	Prikrita harmonija	Hidden Harmony[10]	Mladinska knjiga
2003	Rudi Šeligo	Izgubljeni sveženj	Lost Package[11]	Nova revija
2004	Lojze Kovačič	Otroške stvari	Childhood Things[12]	Beletrina
2005	Alojz Rebula	Nokturno za Primorsko	A Nocturne for Primorska[13]	Mohorjeva Celje/Trst
2006	Milan Dekleva	Zmagoslavje podgan	The Triumph of the Rats[14]	Cankarjeva založba
2007	Feri Lainšček	Muriša	Muriša	Beletrina
2008	Štefan Kardoš	Rizling polka	Riesling Polka[15]	Litera
2009	Goran Vojnović	Čefurji raus!	Southern Scum Go Home![16]	Beletrina
2010	Tadej Golob	Svinjske nogice	Pigs' Legs[17]	Litera
2011	Drago Jančar	To noč sem jo videl	I Saw Her That Night[18]	Modrijan
2012	Andrej E. Skubic	Koliko si moja?	How Much Are You Mine?[19]	Beletrina
2013	Goran Vojnović	Jugoslavija moja dežela![20]	Yugoslavia, My Fatherland[21]	Beletrina
2014	Davorin Lenko	Telesa v temi[22]	Bodies in the Dark	Center za slovensko književnost
2015	Andrej E. Skubic	Samo pridi domov	Just Come Home[23]	Modrijan
2016	Miha Mazzini	Otroštvo	Childhood[24]	Goga
2017	Goran Vojnović	Figa[25]	The Fig Tree	Beletrina
2018	Drago Jančar	In ljubezen tudi[26]	And Love As well[27]	Beletrina
2019	Bronja Žakelj	Belo se pere na devetdeset[28]	Whites Wash at Ninety	Beletrina
2020	Veronika Simoniti	Ivana pred morjem[29]	Ivana in Front of the Sea	Cankarjeva založba

2013 Kresnik Award