Feri Lainšček (born 5 October 1959) is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter.

Early life

He was born Franc Lainšček in a Slovene

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family in the village of Dolenci (part of

Šalovci Šalovci (; ) is a village in the Prekmurje region in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Šalovci. The writer Mihály Bakos was born in the village. References External linksŠalovci on Geopedia
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), in northeastern Slovenia, then part of the

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. He studied journalism at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

. In the 1980s, he worked as a speaker at Radio Ljubljana. Since the 1990s, he has been living and working in the town of

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

in his native

Prekmurje Prekmurje (; Prekmurje Slovene: ''Prèkmürsko'' or ''Prèkmüre''; ) is a geographically, linguistically, culturally, and ethnically defined region of Slovenia, settled by Slovenes and a Hungarians in Slovenia, Hungarian minority, lying betwee ...

region.

Work

In 1999, he wrote a novel, which is a story of the screenplay for the film '' Rooster's Breakfast'', the most successful Slovenian film to date. The screenplay of the film is based on one of Lainšček's novels. In the parliamentary elections of 2008, Lainšček ran for the Slovenian National Assembly for the

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party Zares. Lainšček has also created works in

Prekmurje Slovene Prekmurje Slovene, also known as the Prekmurje dialect, Eastern Slovene, or Wendish (, , Prekmurje Slovene: ''prekmürski jezik, prekmürščina, prekmörščina, prekmörski jezik, panonska slovenščina''), is the language of Prekmurje in Easte ...

, professed a Prekmurje identity, and claimed that the Prekmurje dialect is a distinct language. Domanja rejč, Monošter 19 November 2010. Založba Franc-Franc

References

1959 births Living people People from the Municipality of Šalovci Slovenian Lutherans Zares politicians Slovenian novelists Slovenian poets Slovenian male poets Slovenian screenwriters Slovenian male screenwriters University of Ljubljana alumni Kresnik Award laureates {{slovenia-writer-stub