France Koblar was a Slovene literary historian, editor

Editor

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 and translator.

Koblar was born in Železniki

Železniki

Železniki is a small town and a municipality in Slovenia. It is the economic centre and the largest settlement in the Selca Valley. It used to be known for iron smelting, and its name in Slovene indicates a relation to ironworks. The first furnace was mentioned in 1422, and the original furnace was...

 in what was then Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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 and is now in Slovenia

Slovenia

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. He studied Slavic languages

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 and Latin

Latin

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 at Vienna

Vienna

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. He worked as a secondary school teacher at the Poljane Grammar School in Ljubljana from 1919 till 1945 and became a professor of dramaturgy

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 and history of theatre

History of theatre

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 at the newly founded Ljubljana Theatre Academy

Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television

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 in 1946 where he worked until 1970. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association

Slovene Writers' Association

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 between 1938 and 1945. He was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

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 in 1964.
Between 1966 and 1975 he was chairman of the Slovenska matica

Slovenska matica

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 cultural institution and publishing house. He was twice the recipient of the Prešeren Award

Prešeren Award

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, in 1951 for his work in theatrical culture, literary history and criticism and again in 1969 for his life's work in literature.

The Železniki Cultural and Artistic Society in the town of his birth is named after Koblar.

Selected works

• Po dvanajstih letih: Ljudska igra v štirih dejanjih, (1923)
• Starejša slovenska drama, (1951)
• Novejša slovenska drama, (1954)
• Simon Gregorčič: njegov čas, življenje in delo, (1962)
• Dvajset let slovenske drame, (1965)
• Slovenska dramatika: (1, 2), (1972)
• Moj obračun, (1976)