1953 when he published the collection Poems of the Four () in collaboration with Kajetan Kovič, Tone Pavček and Ciril Zlobec. His poetry is traditionally confessional, the narration realistic and satirical while the form rests on traditional meter with romantic images and everyday reality. Also well known are his epigrams. Menart complemented original poetry by translating foreign language literature. Slovenes have to thank him for, among others, the excellent translations of Shakespeare's Sonnets, Byron's, Burns's and Prévert's poetry and Villon's Collected Works. He also translated English Renaissance plays such as Volpone by Jonson and Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. Although mainly known as a poet and translator, Menart also wrote scripts for puppet and documentary films and television plays. He was also the first in Slovenia to publish a CD audiobook, with his poems largely interpreted by him himself. In music In 1975, his poem "Homeland" (), translated by the Croatian poet Zvonimir Golob, was used as lyrics for the song "Domovina" sung by the Croatian rock and folk musician Drago Mlinarec. References Berta Golob, Srce ustvarja roka piše, Založba Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana 1983 Muris Idrizović, Otroška in mladinska književnost v Jugoslaviji, Založba Obzorja, Ljubljana 1984 Polona Hanžek Novak, V srcu mladi, Založba Genija, Ljubljana 2004 1929 births 2004 deaths University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian translators English–Slovene translators French–Slovene translators Slovenian screenwriters Male screenwriters Prešeren Award laureates Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Epigrammatists Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association Writers from Ljubljana Writers from Maribor 20th-century poets 20th-century translators Burials at Žale 20th-century screenwriters