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| name                = Word's Eye
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| name                = Eye of the Word Festival
 
| localname          = Oko besede
 
| localname          = Oko besede
| street              = Lendavska ulica 1, p.p. 27
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| town                = SI-9000 Murska Sobota
 
| town                = SI-9000 Murska Sobota
| telephone          = 386 (0) 2 537 1266
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| telephone          =  
| fax                = 386 (0) 2 537 1265
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| email              = franc-franc@siol.net
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| website            = http://www.franc-franc.si/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=54
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| website            = https://www.okobesede.org/oko-besede
| organised by        = Franc-Franc Publishing
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| frequency          = annual
 
| frequency          = annual
| dates and duration  = November, 2 days  
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| dates and duration  = September, 3 days
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| duration weeks      = 38 (2012)
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| festival dates    = 26.9.2013 - 28.9.2013, 9.10.2014, 24.9.2015 - 26.9.2015, 23.9.2016 - 25.9.2016, 21.9.2017 - 23.9.2017, 27.9.2018, 19.9.2019, 24.9.2020 - 26.9.2020, 23.9.2021 - 25.9.2021, 22.9.2022 - 24.9.2022, 14.9.2023 - 16.9.2023, 12.9.2024 – 14.9.2024
 
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| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Franci Just
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| role                = Director
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https://www.facebook.com/okobesede/
 
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Established in [[established::1995]], the [[Eye of the Word Festival]] (''Oko besede'') is an annual traditional gathering of Slovene writers of children's and youth literature, as well as literary theorists, critics, librarians, and pedagogues. During the festival, writers pay visits to schools and participate in symposia, round tables, and readings. The festival was managed by Franc-Franc Publishing until 2015. Since 2016, the festival organizer has been [[Argo, Society for Humanities]] (NGO). Traditionally, it is held in autumn in Murska Sobota in Prekmurje.
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Established in [[established::1995]], ''Oko besede'' (Word’s Eye) is an annual traditional meeting of Slovene writers who write for children and young people, as well as literary theorists, critics, librarians and pedagogues who engage with this kind of literature. The festival is managed by [[Franc-Franc Publishing]]. During the festival writers pay visits to schools and participate in symposia and readings. At the conclusion of the festival the [[Večernica Award]] is bestowed on a selected author.  
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== Programme ==
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Every year, a different theme is put into focus, with the aim of underlining and discussing an array of issues related to youth literature. By inviting foreign authors, the festival stimulates the exchange of experiences and promotes Slovene literature on an international scale. Papers, reports, and interviews with the [[Večernica Award]] nominees and winners are then published in the journal ''The Child and the Book'' (''Otrok in knjiga'').
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== See also==
 
== See also==
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*[[Večernica Award]]
 
*[[Franc-Franc Publishing]]
 
*[[Franc-Franc Publishing]]
  
 
== External links ==  
 
== External links ==  
*[http://www.franc-franc.si/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=54 ''Word's Eye'' website] (in Slovenian)
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* [https://www.okobesede.org Eye of the Word Festival website]
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[[Category:Festivals]]
 
[[Category:Festivals]]
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[[Category:Literature]]
 
[[Category:Literature festivals]]
 
[[Category:Literature festivals]]

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Oko besede


Frequencyannual
Festival dates12.9.2024 – 14.9.2024



07 večernica award laureate Maša Ogrizek 2022.jpgThe Večernica Award ceremony, a Slovenian literary prize for the best children's or youth literary work of the past year. The 26th Večernica Award laureate was Slovenian literary critic and writer Maša Ogrizek, Eye of the Word Festival 2022.


Established in 1995, the Eye of the Word Festival (Oko besede) is an annual traditional gathering of Slovene writers of children's and youth literature, as well as literary theorists, critics, librarians, and pedagogues. During the festival, writers pay visits to schools and participate in symposia, round tables, and readings. The festival was managed by Franc-Franc Publishing until 2015. Since 2016, the festival organizer has been Argo, Society for Humanities (NGO). Traditionally, it is held in autumn in Murska Sobota in Prekmurje.



Programme

Every year, a different theme is put into focus, with the aim of underlining and discussing an array of issues related to youth literature. By inviting foreign authors, the festival stimulates the exchange of experiences and promotes Slovene literature on an international scale. Papers, reports, and interviews with the Večernica Award nominees and winners are then published in the journal The Child and the Book (Otrok in knjiga).


Oko besede 2022 plakat.jpgPoster for the festival Eye of the Word (Oko besede) in 2022, made by Slovenian painter and illustrator Alenka Sottler.

See also

External links

Gallery