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List Of Slovenian Writers
This is a list of Slovenia, Slovenian writers. Names are in English alphabetical order. Information not on a person's page needs a reference. See also *Slovenian literature *List of Slovenian women writers *List of Slovenian language poets *List of Slovenian writers and poets in Hungary {{Lists of writers by nationality Lists of writers by nationality, Slovenian writers Lists of Slovenian people by occupation, Writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest. Slovenia is mostly mountainous and forested, covers , and has a population of 2.1 million (2,108,708 people). Slovenes constitute over 80% of the country's population. Slovene, a South Slavic language, is the official language. Slovenia has a predominantly temperate continental climate, with the exception of the Slovene Littoral and the Julian Alps. A sub-mediterranean climate reaches to the northern extensions of the Dinaric Alps that traverse the country in a northwest–southeast direction. The Julian Alps in the northwest have an alpine climate. Toward the northeastern Pannonian Basin, a continental climate is more pronounced. Ljubljana, the capital and largest city of Slovenia, is geogr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin B
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Jože Javoršek
Jože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc (October 20, 1920 – September 2, 1990), a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist.Jože Javoršek: Povečevalno steklo He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of and language among Slovene authors.Občina Velike Lašče A complex thinker and controversial personality, Javoršek is frequently considered, together with the writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirko Javornik
Mirko Javornik (September 26, 1909, Cerknica – May 1, 1986, Washington, D.C.)Mlakar, Boris. 1990. "Javornik, Mirko." ''Enciklopedija Slovenije'' vol. 4, p. 276. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. was a Slovene writer, editor, and translator. Life After Javornik graduated from high school in Ljubljana in 1929, he studied Slavic studies and law.Žitnik, Janja, & Helga Glušić. 1999. ''Slovenska izseljenska književnost'', vol. 2. Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, p. 408. He worked as a freelance writer, and in 1935 he became the chief editor of the newspaper ''Slovenski dom'' (The Slovene Home). He left Slovenia after the Second World War for political reasons. He worked in Austria and then in Rome as an official translator for the American and British military authorities, and then as the editor for political reports on Slovenian broadcasts by Radio Trieste. In 1961 he emigrated to the United States and was employed by the American government as a language specialist and a member of the PR ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miran Jarc
Miran Jarc (5 July 1900 – 24 August 1942) was a Slovene writer, poet, playwright and essayist. Jarc was born in the town of Črnomelj in White Carniola, in what was then Austria-Hungary in 1900. He was sent to school in Novo Mesto, and between 1918 and 1922 studied Slavic philology in Zagreb and Ljubljana, though he never completed his studies. From 1923, he worked as a bank clerk in Ljubljana. He started writing while still a student and published his first poem in the journal ''Ljubljanski zvon'' in 1918. In the 1930s, he also worked as an actor and violinist in the Slovenian Puppet Theater in Ljubljana. In 1942, during World War II, he was arrested by the occupying Fascist Italian authorities and sent to the internment camp at Gonars, but the train transporting the prisoners was attacked by Partisans near Verd and the detainees freed and given the choice to join the Partisans or return home (those that chose to return home were separated from the rest and murdered at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drago Jančar
Drago Jančar (born 13 April 1948) is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most well-known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement. Jančar's novels, essays and short stories have been translated into 21 languages and published in Europe, Asia and the United States. The most numerous translations are into German, followed by Czech and Croatian translations. His dramas have also been staged by a number of foreign theatres, while back home they are frequently considered the highlights of the Slovenian theatrical season. He lives and works in Ljubljana. Life He was born in Maribor, an industrial center in what was then the Yugoslav Socialist Republic of Slovenia. His father, originally from the Prekmurje region, joined Slovene Partisans during World War II. Jančar studied law in his home town. While a student, he became chief editor of the student journal ''Katedra''; he soon cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janez Jalen
Janez Jalen (26 May 1891 – 12 April 1966) was a Slovene writer and priest. Life Janez Jalen was born into a rural family in the Upper Carniolan village of Rodine. His father awakened in him a great interest in nature early on in his life. After finishing secondary school in Kranj he studied theology in Ljubljana. His first pastoral appointment was to Srednja vas near Bohinj. The beauty of the surrounding area, which he came to love and admire, was what encouraged him to begin writing. During the First World War he was mobilised into the Austrian Army and served as a curate in the Lebring Army Camp near Graz. After the war he served as a priest in a number of places around Slovenia: Črnomelj, Stara Loka, Trnovo, Notranje Gorice and Ljubljana where he took early retirement in 1933. After the Second World War he re-entered service and was priest in Grahovo and finally Ljubno Ljubno ob Savinji (; german: Laufen''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Ingolič
Anton Ingolič (5 January 1907 – 11 March 1992) was a Slovene writer, playwright, and editor. He is best known for his novels and youth literature. Ingolič was born in Spodnja Polskava near Slovenska Bistrica in the Austro-Hungarian Duchy of Styria (present-day eastern Slovenia). He went to the local school and completed his secondary education in Maribor before studying in Ljubljana and Paris. He worked as a secondary-school Slovene and French language teacher in Ptuj, Maribor, and Ljubljana. He was editor of the journal ''Nova Obzorja'' and became a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1976. He won the Prešeren Award twice, in 1949 for his novel ''Pot po nasipu'' and in 1978 for his literary opus for youth and adults. Between 1961 and 1963 he was president of the Slovene Writers' Association The Slovene Writers' Association ( sl, Društvo slovenskih pisateljev) is a non-profit association of Slovene writers based in Ljubljana. The association was f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurij Hudolin
Jurij Hudolin (born 29 May 1973) is a Slovene poet, writer, columnist and translator. He has published a number of poetry collections and novels and is known for the rich language he uses and a rebellious rejectionist stance towards the world. Hudolin was born in 1973 in Ljubljana. He grew up in Ljubljana and for a while near Pula in Istria before returning to Ljubljana to complete his secondary education and going on to study comparative literature and Serbo-Croatian at the University of Ljubljana. He published his first collection of poetry entitled ''Če je laž kralj'' (If Lies are King) in 1991 and has since published a further six poetry collections as well as three novels. His columns are regularly published in ''Mladina'', ''Delo'', ''Dnevnik'', '' Večer'' and other journals and newspapers and he published a selection of them in a book in 2004 titled ''Pusti ti to'' (You Leave That Alone). His poetry has been published in many literary journals and anthologies both at h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Hočevar
Zoran Hočevar (born 21 December 1944) is a Slovene writer, playwright and painter. He won the Kresnik Award 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 Rožni ... for his novel ''Šolen z Brega'' in 1998. Novels * ''Porkasvet'' (1995) * ''Šolen z Brega'' (1997) * ''Za znoret'' (1999) * ''Rožen cvet'' (2004) * ''Ernijeva kuhna'' (2010) Plays * ''Smeči'' (1995) * ''Mož za Zofijo'' (1998) * ''M' te ubu'' (2001) References 1944 births Living people People from Metlika Slovenian writers Slovenian dramatists and playwrights Kresnik Award laureates {{slovenia-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrej Hieng
Andrej Hieng (17 February 1925 – 17 January 2000) was a Slovene language, Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director. Hieng was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Academy of Performing Arts in Ljubljana between 1948 and 1952 and worked as a theatre director in Kranj, Celje and Ljubljana. As well as his plays, he is also known for his novels and short stories. He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Award, Prešeren Foundation Award in 1967 for his novel ''Gozd in pečina'', the Prešeren Award, Grand Prešeren Award in 1988 for his literary and dramatic opus and the Kresnik Award for his novel ''Čudežni feliks'' in 1994. In 1995 he was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died in Ljubljana in 2000. List of works * ''Novele'', short stories, (1954) * ''Usodni rob'', short stories, (1957) * ''Planota'', short stories, (1961) * ''Gozd in pečina'', novel, (1966) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branko Gradišnik
Branko Gradišnik (born 7 January 1951) is a Slovene writer and translator. He writes short stories and is a well-known columnist that writes for the newspaper ''Delo'' and other Slovene publications. In 2004 he was a candidate for mayor of Ljubljana. Branko Gradišnik was born in Ljubljana in 1951 and is the son of author and translator Janez Gradišnik. He received a bachelor's degree in art history and sociology from the University of Ljubljana and holds a master's degree in creative writing from Lancaster University. In 1982 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his collection of predominantly science fiction short stories titled ''Zemlja, zemlja, zemlja'' (Earth, Earth, Earth). He is also known for his translation of ''The Lord of the Rings ''The Lord of the Rings'' is an epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, intended to be Earth at some time in the distant past, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
