Iztok Geister (born 20 August 1945) is a Slovene writer, poet, essayist and ornithologist.
He is also one of the founding members of the Slovenian branch of BirdLife International.
He studied law at the University of Ljubljana but has worked as a freelance artist and naturalist for over thirty years.
[2] In 2001 he received the Rožanc Award for his essays Levitve (Moultings).
In 2005 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his book Pospala poželenja.