Ciril Bergles (18 July 1934 â 25 August 2013) was a Slovene poet, essayist and translator. He published numerous collections of poetry and was also known for his translations of poetry, mostly by Spanish and South American authors, into Slovene.
Bergles was born in RepÃÂe, just outside Ljubljana in 1934. He studied Slovene and English at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a secondary school teacher after graduation. He started publishing his poetry in 1984 with his collection Na poti v tià ¡ino (On the Path to Silence). In 2004 he won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Moj dnevnik priÃÂa (My Diary Speaks). He translated poetry by Jorge Guillén, Alejandra Pizarnik, Jaime Gil de Biedma, Adrienne Rich, Fernando Pessoa, Luis Cernuda, Justo Jorge Padrón, Miguel de Unamuno, Constantine Cavafy, Rubén DarÃÂo, Ernesto Cardenal, Rafael Alberti, Federico GarcÃÂa Lorca and César Vallejo into Slovene. He also published an anthology of Basque poets in Slovene entitled Branil bom oÃÂetovo hià ¡o (I Will Defend My Father's House).