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The [[KONS Literary Award]] is an international literary accolade presented to exceptional authors whose stance and work have fostered social change and engagement, as well as contributed toward better conditions for artistic creativity. The name is taken from a series of poems by renowned Slovene poet [[Srečko Kosovel]] (1904&ndash;1926), which epitomises the perennial need for social change, criticism, and constructivism. 

The award was launched in [[established::2011]] on the initiative of three Slovene literary authors, [[Taja Kramberger]], [[Barbara Korun]], and [[Tatjana Jamnik]]. The first award ceremony was held at Pavelhaus in Austria, where author, painter, and translator [[Iztok Osojnik]] was honoured as the first winner of the KONS Literary Award. In February 2013 the second KONS Literary Award was conferred on Nicaraguan and Salvadorian poet Claribel Alegría at the International Poetry Festival in Granada, Nicaragua.
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== External links ==
*[http://kons.webnode.com/about-award KONS Literary Award website]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sre%C4%8Dko_Kosovel Srečko Kosovel on Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iztok_Osojnik Iztok Osojnik on Wikipedia]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claribel_Alegr%C3%ADa Claribel Alegría on Wikipedia]

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