Tine Debeljak (27 April 1903 – 20 January 1989) was a Slovenian literary
critic
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,
translator
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,
editor
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, and
poet
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. Debeljak was born in
Å kofja Loka
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. He graduated in 1927 from the
University of Ljubljana, where he studied
Slavic and
comparative literature. In 1948 he emigrated to
Argentina
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.
Works
He translated other works from
Czech,
Polish
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,
Russian,
Hungarian, and
Italian into Slovenian. He was the author of hundreds of articles on literature as well as several books.
Debeljak, Tine, Jr. 2000. "Predavanje o dr. Tinetu Debeljaku"
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External links
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1903 births
1989 deaths
People from Å kofja Loka
University of Ljubljana alumni
Slovenian translators
Slovenian literary critics
Slovenian editors
Slovenian poets
Slovenian male poets
Slovenian emigrants to Argentina
20th-century translators
20th-century poets
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