Dušan Šarotar (born 16 April 1968) is a Slovenian writer, essayist, literary critic and editor. He was born in the town of

Murska Sobota Murska Sobota (, Slovenian abbreviation: ''MS'' ; german: Olsnitz;''Radkersburg und Luttenberg'' (map, 1:75,000). 1894. Vienna: K.u.k. Militärgeographisches Institut. hu, Muraszombat) is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the centre of the ...

in northeastern Slovenia. He studied sociology and philosophy at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana ( sl, Univerza v Ljubljani, , la, Universitas Labacensis), often referred to as UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 39,000 enrolled students. History Beginnings Although certain ...

. He has published several essays and columns in renowned Slovenian journals, such as ''

Mladina ''Mladina'' (English: Youth) is a Slovenian weekly left-wing political and current affairs magazine. Since the 1920s, when it was first published, it has become a voice of protest against those in power. Today, ''Mladinas weekly issues are dis ...

'', '' Nova revija'', and ''

Sodobnost ''Sodobnost'' ( Slovene for ''Modernity'' or ''Contemporary Time'') is a Slovenian literary and cultural magazine, established in 1933. It is considered the oldest of currently existing literary magazines in Slovenia. Although ''Sodobnost'' has tr ...

''. His best known novel is ''Billiards at the Hotel Dobray'' (''Bilijard v Dobrayu''), an account of the persecution of Jews in Murska Sobota at the end of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

from the perspective of a

Holocaust survivor Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...

returning from a

concentration camp Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simpl ...

. The novel, first published in Slovene in 2007, is based on the story of Šarotar's grandfather.

Bibliography

;Prose * ''Potapljanje na dah'', The Island of the Dead, novel (1999) * ''Mrtvi kot'', The Blind Spot, short stories (2000) * ''Nočitev z zajtrkom'', Bed and Breakfast, novel (2003) * ''Biljard v Dobrayu'', Billiards at the Hotel Dobray, novel (2007) * ''Nostalgija'', Nostalgia, short stories (2010) * ''Ostani z mano, duša moja – Ostani z menov, düša moja'', Stay With Me My Soul, novel (2011) * ''Panorama'', novel (2014) ;Prose Translated into English *
Panorama
',

Istros Books Istros books is a London-based independent publisher of writers from South-East Europe and the Balkans, in English translation. It was set up in 2011 by Susan Curtis. Publications Notable publications include: *''Doppelgänger'' by Daša Drndić ...

, London, 2016. *
Billiards at the Hotel Dobray
',

, London, 2019. ; Prose Translated into Spanish *
Panorama
', Ediciones Arlequín, Zapopan, 2017. *

', El billar en el hotel Dobray Eduvim, Villa María, 2019. ;Poetry * ''Občutek za veter'', poems (co-author

Feri Lainšček Feri Lainšček (born 5 October 1959) is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter. Early life He was born Franc Lainšček in a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci (part of Šalovci), in northeastern Slovenia, then part of the ...

) (2004) * ''Krajina v molu'', poems (2006) * ''Hiša mojega sina'', poems (2008)

References

1968 births Living people Slovenian writers Slovenian essayists Slovenian literary critics University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian Jews People from Murska Sobota Jewish writers {{slovenia-writer-stub