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{{Infobox
| name                = Pranger Festival
| localname           = Festival Pranger
| logo                = Pranger Festival (logo).jpg
| street              = Ulica heroja Tomšiča 9 A
| town                = SI-2000 Maribor
| email               = pranger@pranger.si
| website             = http://www.pranger.si
| telephone           = 386 (0) 31 258 116
| organised by        = KUD Pranger Cultural Association
| frequency           = annual
| dates and duration  = June-July, 4 days
| duration weeks      = 26 (2012) 27 (2013) 27 (2014)
| festival dates      = 30.6.2015 - 5.7.2015, 28.6.2016 - 3.7.2016, 27.6.2017 - 2.7.2017, 26.6.2018 - 1.7.2018,  11.11.2018 - 15.11.2018, 11.6.2019 - 16.6.2019, 7.7.2020 - 11.7.2020
| contacts = {{Contact
| name                = Urška P. Černe
| role                = Head
| email               = pranger@pranger.si
}}{{Contact
| name                = Nina Medved
| role                = Producer and PR
| email               = pr@pranger.si
}}
{{Contact
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| telephone           = 
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|accounts=
http://twitter.com/FestivalPranger
https://www.facebook.com/Festival-Pranger-1538163273155704/
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{{Wide Image|Pranger Festival 2011 setting Photo Matej Meza.jpg}}

The international [[Pranger Festival]], a meeting of poets, critics, and poetry translators, has been organised every summer since [[established::2004]] in Rogaška Slatina and Šmarje pri Jelšah by the [[KUD Pranger Cultural Association]]. 
The festival is named after the "pranger", a medieval pillory or public humiliation device which was set up in the centre of villages in this region, since the festival's concept is to disclose the literary word to the public, from literary critics, theoreticians and translators, to readers and other writers. Meetings, panel discussions and readings of poetry are organised during the five-day event. On this occasion the [[Slovene Writers’ Association]] bestows an annual [[Stritar Award]] to the most promising literary critic. As of 2018, the main part of the festival is complemented by an international edition in autumn. 

In Autumn 2019 the [[Translation Pranger Festival]] was launched in Maribor.

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{{image|Pranger Festival 2015 Rogaska Slatina.jpg}}


==Programme==

Nine Slovene poets, three critics and three translators of Slovene poetry are invited to participate at the festival. Nine collections of poetry published in the previous year are chosen by three guest critics, examined and discussed. These critical analyses of select poetry collections are then published in the newspaper [[Večer Newspaper|''Večer'']]. 

Every year a different country and its language, into which Slovene poetry is translated, is put to the forefront (Portuguese in 2016, Spanish in 2015 and the Romansh (Switzerland) in 2014). 

In cooperation with the [[Slovene Writers’ Association]] distinguished guests from the selected country are invited to take part in the events of the festival. The confrontation of authors, translators and critics allows for new and varied perspectives on poetry and forms the very heart of the event. 

{{image|Pranger_Festival_2015_critics_panel.jpg}} 


== ELA Programme for Children ==

In addition to panel discussions and meetings, the festival is further enhanced by round tables on topical issues and translations, translation workshops and ELA, a creative afternoon for children and young people, named after [[Ela Peroci]], a renowned Slovene writer of children literature. Young and budding artists are invited to participate in literary and art competitions and in creative workshops. The ELA programme is accompanied by theatrical performances.

{{image|Pranger_Festival_2015_Metelkova.jpg}}



== Partners ==

Over the past few years, Pranger is cooperating with another poetry festival, the Ljubljana based [[Young Rhymes|Young Rhymes Festival]] that takes place at [[Klub Menza pri koritu]]. The latter hosts a part of the Pranger programme, which has also one another Ljubljana outpost, the [[Trubar Literature House]]. 


== See also == 
*[[Translation Pranger Festival]] 
*[[KUD Pranger Cultural Association]] 
*[[Stritar Award]]
*[[Young Rhymes|Young Rhymes Festival]]

== External links == 
*[http://www.pranger.si/?L=1 Pranger Festival website] 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillory Pillory (in Slovenian 'Pranger') on Wikipedia]

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