Jasmin B. Frelih (1986) is a Slovenian novelist and essayist whose work explores the complexities of identity, history, and consciousness in a hyper-modern world. A graduate of Comparative Literature and History from the University of Ljubljana, his debut novel, Na/pol (In/Half), garnered international acclaim, receiving the European Union Prize for Literature in 2016 and a nomination for the International Dublin Literary Award. Grounded in a unique transatlantic perspective, his writing synthesizes disparate concepts to probe the fragile space between personal freedom and systemic control. His work has been translated into a dozen languages.
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The Ice Saints, a novel, 511 pp., Beletrina, Ljubljana, 2023
Pixels, a novel, 366 pp., Beletrina, Ljubljana, 2021
Pale Freedom, essays, 190 pp., Cankarjeva, Ljubljana, 2018
Tiny Ideologies, short stories, 184 pp., LUD Literatura, Ljubljana, 2015
In/Half, a novel, 343 pp., Cankarjeva, Ljubljana, 2013
Libra (Don DeLillo), translation into Slovenian, Beletrina, Ljubljana, 2023
Images from Dreams (Ivan Cankar), translation into English, Litterae Slovenicae, Ljubljana, 2018
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Pixels shortlisted for the Critics’ Sieve Award, 2022
In/Half longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, 2020
In/Half longlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, 2019
Pale Freedom wins the Marjan Rožanc Best Book of Essays Award, 2018
In/Half wins the European Union Prize for Literature, 2016
Tiny Ideologies shortlisted for the Critics’ Sieve Award, 2015
In/Half shortlisted for the Critics’ Sieve Award, 2014
In/Half shortlisted for the Kresnik Award, 2014
In/Half wins the Best Literary Debut Award, 2013
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Stē/mesē (In/Half), translation: Marianna Avouri, Vakxikon, Athens, Greece, 2022
A/metà (In/Half), translation: Michele Obit, Safara Editore, Pordenone, Italy, 2021
Na/poł (In/Half), translation: Marlena Gruda,Ezop, Warsaw, Poland, 2020
Ideoluzije (Tiny Ideologies), translation: Ivan Antić, Areté, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020
Na/pola (In/Half), translation: Ana Ristović, Zavet, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020
Na/půl (In/Half), translation:Libor Doležán, Větrné Mlýny, Brno, Czechia, 2019
Na/pola (In/Half), translation: Jagna Pogačnik, Ljevak, Zagreb, Croatia, 2019
Fél/be (In/Half), translation: Klára Potoczki, Metropolis, Budapest, Hungary, 2019
In/Half, translation: Jason Blake, Oneworld, London, United Kingdom, 2018
In/Tweeën (In/Half), translation: Roel Schuyt, De Geus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
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Let, short story, Literatura 405 37, Ljubljana, 2025
Conditions, literary essay, Literatura 394 36, Ljubljana, 2024
A House Without Books, literary essay, Literatura 382 & 383 35, Ljubljana, 2023
Rothko, short story, Winzige Anomalien: Anthologie slowensicher Kurzprosa, LUD Literatura & Klingenberg, Ljubljana, Slovenia & Graz, Austria, 2022
Weight, short story, 30 years 30 stories, MMC RTVSlo, Ljubljana, 04/08/2022
La Resistenza di Una Rosa (Parts per Million), literary essay, La Lettura; Corriere della Sera, Milano, Italy, 22/08/2021
Rothko, short story, Värske Rõhk 65, Talinn, Estonia, 2020
Okinawa Paradox (with Adam Foulds, Lidija Dimkovska, Walid Nabhan & Joan Tomás), literary text, Criçao, Barcelona, Spain, 2020
Göbekli Tepe, short story, Sinhro rs, Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, 2020
Bruce Lee – A Brussels Poem, Passa Porta Magazine, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Bill, short story,European Stories, Publications Office of EU, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
(czeslaw milosz), short story, Literatura št. 295-296 XXVII, Ljubljana, 2016
Why Experimental Fiction Threatens to Destroy Publishing, Jonathan Franzen, and Life as we Know It (Ben Marcus), translation into Slovenian, Literatura 255/256 24, Ljubljana, 2012
Mr. Difficult: William Gaddis and the Problem of Hard-to-Read Books (Jonathan Franzen), translation into Slovenian, Literatura 241/242 23, Ljubljana, 2011
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Book City, conversation with the writer Klemen Kordež and editor Sašo Puljarević, Nova Gorica, Slovenia, 06/09/2024
Hawk's Home, presentation of The Ice Saints with moderator Nejc Jemec, Škofja Loka, Slovenia, 13/08/2024
Fair on the Air, conversation with professor dr. Urška Perenič, Ljubljana, 12/05/2024
Frankfurter Buchmesse, conversation with EUPL winners Martina Vidaić and Iva Pezuashvili, Frankfurt, Nemčija, 18/10/2023
Mitellfest,conversation with the author Luca Quarin, Cividale del Friuli, Italy, 26/08/2021
Švicarija, reading with authors Nataša Kramberger, Jonas Lüscher, Amanda Mihalopulu, Dragan Velikić, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 13/09/2019
Cuirt Literary Festival, World Perspectives, reading and conversation with authors Igor Štiks and Sylvain Laurent, Galway, Ireland, 09/04/2019
British Library, reading and conversation with authors Selja Ahava, Allesandro D’Avenia, Olga Grjasnowa, Jacek Dehnel, Piotr Tarczynski, moderated by Rosie Goldsmith, London, United Kingdom, 04/04/2019
Oxford Literary Festival, reading and conversation with authors Jacek Dehnel, Piotr Tarczynski, moderated by Boyd Tonkin, Oxford, United Kingdom, 03/04/2019
Belgian Embassy Tokyo, conversation with authors Annelies Verbeke and Paolo Cognetti, Tokyo, Japan, 25/11/2018
European Literature Festival, reading and conversation with authors Adam Foulds, Walid Nabhan, Lidija Dimkovska, and Kevin Barry, Tokyo, Japan, 23/11/2018
Book Fair in Lisbon, conversation with authors Çiler İlhan and David Machado, Lisboa, Portugal, 08/06/2018
New Delhi World Book Fair, reading with authors Evald Flisar, Ivo Svetina, Andrej Hočevar, conversation with authors David Machado, Kallia Papadaki, Osvalds Zebris, New Delhi, India, 06 – 14/01/2018
(A)Void Floating Gallery, reading with the author Bianca Bellova, Prague, Czechia, 22/09/2017
De Groene Waterman, reading and conversation with Sven Peeters, Antwerpen, Belgium, 20/05/2017
MDAD, reading with authors Clare Azzopardi, Kjell Westö, and Emmi Itäranta, Riga, Latvia, 10/12/2016
Instituto Cervantes, conversation with authors Nenad Joldeski and Isabelle Wery, Brussels, Belgium, 01/06/2016
Slovenian Writers Association, 8-hour marathon reading of Tiny Ideologies, author and friends, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29/01/2016
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The Ice Saints
Pixels
In/Half
Polskie Radio Program II, in Polish, discussion, Warsaw, Poland, 6/12/2020
Linhartova Domácí Čistička, in Czech, satirical video review, Czechia, 10/5/2020
World Literature Today, nota bene, Oklahoma, USA, Winter 2020
Words Without Borders, watchlist, Brooklyn, USA, November 2020
De Standaard, in Dutch, book of the week, Brussels, Belgium, 23/06/2017
Bruzz, in Dutch, review and interview with the author, Brussels, Belgium, 23/05/2017