Vlado Žabot (born 11 August 1958) is a Slovene writer and journalist. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for two terms between 2003 and 2007. Žabot was born in

Šafarsko Šafarsko (; hu, Ligetfalva) is a village on the right bank of the Ščavnica River in the Municipality of Razkrižje in eastern Slovenia, next to the border with Croatia. The area traditionally belonged to Zala County in the Kingdom of Hungary ...

in eastern Slovenia in 1958. He completed his studies in comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana in 1986 and worked for the Delo newspaper from 1987. He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1996 for his novel ''Pastorala''Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
/ref> and the Kresnik Award for his novel ''Volčje noči'' in 1997.

Selected works

* ''Bukovska mati'', short stories (1986) * ''Stari pil'', novel, (1989) * ''Pikec in Puhec iščeta Mihca'', children's book, (1990) * ''Pastorala'', novel, (1994) * ''Skrivnost močvirja Vilindol'', children's book, (1994) * ''Volčje noči'', novel, (1996) * ''Nimfa'', novel, (1999) * ''Sukub'', novel, (2003) * ''Ljudstvo lunja'', novel (2010) * ''Sveta poroka'', epic poem about ancient Slavic myth, (2012)

References

Slovenian writers Slovenian journalists Living people 1958 births Kresnik Award laureates Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association University of Ljubljana alumni People from the Municipality of Razkrižje {{slovenia-writer-stub