Kresnik is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best novel in Slovene of the previous year. It has been bestowed since 1991 at summer solstice by the national newspaper house Delo. The awards ceremony is normally held on Rožnik Hill above Ljubljana where the winner is invited to light a large bonfire. The winner also receives a financial award.[1]
| Year | Author | Novel | Title in English | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Lojze Kovačič | Kristalni čas | Crystal Time[2] | DZS |
| 1992 | Feri Lainšček | Namesto koga roža cveti | Instead of Whom does the Flower Bloom[3] | Prešernova družba |
| 1993 | Miloš Mikeln | Veliki voz | The Great Bear[4] | Mihelač |
| 1994 | Andrej Hieng | Čudežni Feliks | The Miraculous Felix | Mladinska knjiga |
| 1995 | Tone Perčič | Izganjalec hudiča | The Exorcist[5] | Cankarjeva založba |
| 1996 | Berta Bojetu | Ptičja hiša | The Birdhouse[6] | Wieser |
| 1997 | Vlado Žabot | Volčje noči | Wolf Nights | Pomurska založba |
| 1998 | Zoran Hočevar | Šolen z Brega | Šolen from Breg | Založba /*cf |
| 1999 | Drago Jančar | Zvenenje v glavi | Ringing in the Head[7] | Mladinska knjiga |
| 2000 | Andrej E. Skubic | Grenki med | Bitter Honey[8] | DZS |
| 2001 | Drago Jančar | Katarina, pav in jezuit | Katarina, the Peacock and the Jesuit[9] | Slovenska matica |
| 2002 | Katarina Marinčič | Prikrita harmonija | Hidden Harmony[10] | Mladinska knjiga |
| 2003 | Rudi Šeligo | Izgubljeni sveženj | Lost Package[11] | Nova revija |
| 2004 | Lojze Kovačič | Otroške stvari | Childhood Things[12] | Beletrina |
| 2005 | Alojz Rebula | Nokturno za Primorsko | A Nocturne for Primorska[13] | Mohorjeva Celje/Trst |
| 2006 | Milan Dekleva | Zmagoslavje podgan | The Triumph of the Rats[14] | Cankarjeva založba |
| 2007 | Feri Lainšček | Muriša | Muriša | Beletrina |
| 2008 | Štefan Kardoš | Rizling polka | Riesling Polka[15] | Litera |
| 2009 | Goran Vojnović | Čefurji raus! | Southern Scum Go Home![16] | Beletrina |
| 2010 | Tadej Golob | Svinjske nogice | Pigs' Legs[17] | Litera |
| 2011 | Drago Jančar | To noč sem jo videl | I Saw Her That Night[18] | Modrijan |
| 2012 | Andrej E. Skubic | Koliko si moja? | How Much Are You Mine?[19] | Beletrina |
| 2013 | Goran Vojnović | Jugoslavija moja dežela![20] | Yugoslavia, My Fatherland[21] | Beletrina |
| 2014 | Davorin Lenko | Telesa v temi[22] | Bodies in the Dark | Center za slovensko književnost |
| 2015 | Andrej E. Skubic | Samo pridi domov | Just Come Home[23] | Modrijan |
| 2016 | Miha Mazzini | Otroštvo | Childhood[24] | Goga |
| 2017 | Goran Vojnović | Figa[25] | The Fig Tree | Beletrina |
| 2018 | Drago Jančar | In ljubezen tudi[26] | And Love As well[27] | Beletrina |
| 2019 | Bronja Žakelj | Belo se pere na devetdeset[28] | Whites Wash at Ninety | Beletrina |
| 2020 | Veronika Simoniti | Ivana pred morjem[29] | Ivana in Front of the Sea | Cankarjeva založba |