*1940 SI, Prebold
Ervin Fritz (born 27 June 1940) is a Slovene poet, playwright and translator. He also writes poetry for children, radio plays, songs and librettos. He started publishing poetry in the mid-1960s.Fritz was born in Prebold in 1940. He studied Dramaturgy at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television in Ljubljana and worked as dramatourge at TV Ljubljana and Radio Slovenia.In 1979 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Okruški sveta and in 2006 he received the Veronika Award for the poetry collection Ogrlica iz rad.