Tone Partljič (born 5 August 1940) is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Between 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the

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, from 1994 as a member of the

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party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 1983 and 1987. Partljič was born in

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and grew up in Pesnica pri Mariboru. He studied in Maribor and graduated in Slovene and English language in 1965 and worked as a teacher and then as a

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and artistic director at the Slovene National Theatre and the

Ljubljana City Theatre Ljubljana City Theatre (Mestno gledališče ljubljansko - MGL) is the second theatre building and company of Ljubljana after the Ljubljana branch of the Slovene National Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovene National Theatre. Founded in 1949, Ljubljana City ...

. In 1980 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his satirical comedies. In 2016, he was given the

Prešeren Award The Prešeren Award ( sl, Prešernova nagrada), also called the Grand Prešeren Award ( sl, Velika Prešernova nagrada), is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia. It is awarded each yea ...

, the highest Slovenian award in the field of artistic creation, for lifetime achievement.

Published works

Plays

* ''Ribe na plitvini'', (1968) * ''Naj poje čuk'', (1971) * ''Tolmun in kamen'', (1972) * ''Ščuke pa ni'', (1973) * ''Oskubite jastreba'', (1977) * ''Nekoč in danes'',(1979) * ''Za koga naj še molim?'',(1980) * ''Taki ste, take smo'', (1980) * ''Nasvidenje nad zvezdami'',(1981) * ''O, ne, ščuke pa ne'', (1982) * ''Moj ata, socialistični kulak'', (1983) * ''Sekretar za humor'', (1984) * ''Rdeče in sinje med drevjem'', (1985) * ''Justifikacija'', Mestno gledališče ljubljansko, (1986) * ''Ščuka, da te kap'', (1987) * ''Pesnikova žena prihaja'', (1989) * ''Deni me kot pečat na svoje srce'', (1990) * ''Moj deda, socialistični mrtvak'', (1991) * ''Štajerc v Ljubljani'', (1995) * ''Politika, bolezen moja'', (1996) * ''Gospa poslančeva'', (1996) * ''Komedije'', (1997) * ''Maister in Marjeta'', (1998) * ''Čistilka Marija'', (1998) * ''En dan resnice'', (1999) * ''Krivica boli'', (1999) * ''Čaj za dve'', (2001) * ''Edelweis ali Denis in Ditka'', (2001) * ''Izbrane komedije'', (2003) * ''Poroka čistilke Marije'', (2006) * ''Zveze in partnerstva'', (2007) * ''Za nacionalni interes'', (2007)

Prose

* ''Ne glej za pticami'', (1967) * ''Jalovost'', (1971) * ''Volk na madridskih ulicah'', (1974) * ''Nasvidenje nad zvezdami'', (1982) * ''Pepsi ali provincialni donjuan'', (1987) * ''Rdeče in sinje med drevjem'', (1987) * ''Kulturne humoreske, prosim'', (1988) * ''Prelesti, prelesti'', Mladinska knjiga, (1990) * ''Goool!: predvolilne humoreske'', (1992) * ''Mala'', Prešernova družba, (1992) * ''Pri Mariji Snežni zvoni'', (1994) * ''Starec za plotom'', (1995) * ''Samo roko daj'', (1997) * ''Pisatelj v parlamentu'', (1998) * ''Usodna privlačnost'', (2001) * ''Kampanja'', (2002) * ''Golaž, reka in mostovi'', (2003) * ''Grob pri Mariji Snežni'', (2005)

Youth literature

*''Hotel sem prijeti sonce'', (1981) *''Slišal sem, kako trava raste'', (1990) *''Dupleška mornarica'', (1996) *''Maša in Tjaša'', (1999) *''General: deset črtic o Rudolfu Maistru'', (2006)

Television

*'' Ščuke pa ni, ščuke pa ne (1980), Slovenian television comedy series

References

1940 births Living people Slovenian dramatists and playwrights Writers from Maribor Members of the National Assembly (Slovenia) Presidents of the Slovene Writers' Association Levstik Award laureates Politicians from Maribor Prešeren Award laureates Comedy writers Liberal Democracy of Slovenia politicians {{slovenia-politician-stub