Andrej Hieng (17 February 1925 – 17 January 2000) was a Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director. Hieng was born in

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...

in 1925. He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ljubljana between 1948 and 1952 and worked as a theatre director in

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and

. As well as his plays, he is also known for his novels and short stories. He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1967 for his novel ''Gozd in pečina'', the 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 The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( sl, Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti (SAZU)) is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members o ...

.Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts site, list of deceased members (in Slovene)
/ref> 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) * ''Orfeum'', novel, (1972) * ''Čarodej'', novel, (1976) * ''Obnebje metuljev'', novel, (1980) * ''Čudežni feliks'', novel, (1993)

Plays

* ''Cortesova vrnitev'', drama (1969) * ''Burleska o Grku'', drama (1969) * ''Gluhi mož na meji'', drama (1969) * ''Osvajalec'', drama (1971) * ''Lažna Ivana'', comedy (1973) * ''Izgubljeni sin'', comedy (1976) * ''Večer ženinov'', drama (1979) * ''Krvava ptica'', comedy (1980) * ''Nori malar'', comedy (1980) * ''Dež v Piranu'', drama (1982) * ''Zakladi gospe Berte'', drama (1983) * ''Mark in Antonij'', drama (1983)

References

External links

Biography (in Slovene) on publisher's site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hieng, Andrej 1925 births 2000 deaths Writers from Ljubljana Prešeren Award laureates Kresnik Award laureates Members of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Slovenian dramatists and playwrights Slovenian film directors University of Ljubljana alumni 20th-century dramatists and playwrights