List of Slovenian playwrights
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This is a list of Slovenian
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The Slovenes, Slovene people, Slovenians, or Slovenian people are a South Slavic people primarily associated with Slovenia and the Slovene language.-Population:Most Slovenes today live within the borders of the independent Slovenia...
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Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
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- Peter BožičPeter BožičPeter Božič was a Slovenian writer, playwright, journalist and politician. He is renowned for his modernist novels in which he described the horrors of World War II, and for the literary depictions of lower classes.- Life :...
(1932-2009) - Ivan CankarIvan CankarIvan Cankar was a Slovene writer, playwright, essayist, poet and political activist. Together with Oton Župančič, Dragotin Kette, and Josip Murn, he is considered as the beginner of modernism in Slovene literature...
(1876 - 1918) - Tone ČufarTone CufarTone Čufar was a Slovene writer, a playwright and a poet.- Biography :Tone Čufar was born in Jesenice as the third son of a factory carpenter. Because of his poor health his parents sent him to work as a shepherd with his uncle in Bohinjska Bela...
(1905 - 1942) - Fran Saleški FinžgarFran Saleški FinžgarFran Saleški Finžgar was a Slovene writer, playwright, translator and Roman Catholic priest.Fran Saleški Finžgar was born into a poor peasant family in the Upper Carniolan village of Doslovče , in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(1871 - 1962) - Slavko Grum (1901 - 1949)
- Drago JančarDrago JancarDrago Jančar is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the most known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also famous for his political commentaries and civic engagement.-Life:...
(b. 1948) - Jože JavoršekJože JavoršekJože Javoršek was the pen name of Jože Brejc , a Slovenian playwright, writer, poet, translator and essayist. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of style and language among Slovene authors...
(1920 - 1990) - Dušan JovanovićDušan JovanovićDušan Jovanović is a retired footballer who played as a forward for clubs in Greece.-Playing career:Jovanović spent most of his career playing for clubs in the Greek second division, including Pontii Veria F.C., Panetolikos F.C., Panserraikos F.C. and Panachaiki F.C....
(b. 1939) - Boris Kobal (b. 1955)
- Primož KozakPrimož KozakPrimož Kozak was a Slovenian playwright and essayist. He was, together with Dominik Smole, Dane Zajc and Taras Kermauner, the most visible representative of the so-called Critical generation, a group of Slovenian authors and intellectuals that reflected on the paradoxes of the Communist regime,...
(1929 - 1990) - Bratko KreftBratko KreftBratko Kreft was an Slovenian playwright, writer, literary and theater historian and director.- Biography :...
(1905 - 1996) - Fran LevstikFran LevstikFran Levstik was a Slovene writer, political activist, playwright and critic. he was one of the most prominent exponents of the Young Slovene political movement.-Life and work:...
(1831 - 1887) - Anton Tomaž LinhartAnton Tomaž LinhartAnton Tomaž Linhart was a Slovene playwright and historian, best known as the author of the first comedy in Slovene, Županova Micka...
(1756 - 1795) - Stanko Majcen (1888 - 1970)
- Vinko Möderndorfer (b. 1958)
- Anton NovačanAnton NovacanAnton Novačan was a Slovene politician, diplomat, author, and playwright.Novačan was born in a modest peasant family in the village of Zadobrova , in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(1887 - 1951) - Boris A. Novak (b. 1953)
- Žarko PetanŽarko Petanthumb|Žarko PetanŽarko Petan is a Slovenian writer, essayist, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. He is most famous as writer of aphorisms....
(b. 1929) - Ivan PotrčIvan PotrcIvan Potrč was a Slovene writer and playwright.-Biography:Ivan Potrč was born in a poor peasant family in Štuki near Ptuj, in what was then the Duchy of Styria in the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
(1913 - 1993) - Marjan RožancMarjan RožancMarjan Rožanc was a Slovenian author, playwright and journalist. He is mostly known for his essays, and is considered one of the foremost essayists in the Slovene language, along with Ivan Cankar, Jože Javoršek and Drago Jančar, and as a great master of style.He was born in a working-class suborb...
(1930 - 1990) - Dominik SmoleDominik SmoleDominik Smole was a Slovenian writer and playwright.-Biography:Smole was born in Ljubljana in what was then the Kingdom of Yugoslavia...
(1929 - 1992) - Gregor StrnišaGregor StrnišaGregor Strniša was a Slovenian poet, playwright, and songwriter. He is considered as one of the most important Slovene language poet of the second half of the 20th century...
(1930 - 1987) - Tone PartljičTone PartljičTone Partljič is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Betwen 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the Slovenian National Assembly, form 1994 as a member of the LDS party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 1983 and 1987.Partljič was born in Maribor and grew up in...
(b. 1940) - Dane ZajcDane ZajcDane Zajc was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association , and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement...
(1929 - 2005) - Oton ŽupančičOton ŽupancicOton Župančič was a Slovene poet, translator and playwright.Župančič is regarded, alongside Ivan Cankar, Dragotin Kette and Josip Murn, as the beginner of modernism in Slovenian literature...
(1878 - 1949)