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Drago Jančar

Born April 13, 1948(1948-04-13)
Maribor, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation Writer, Essayist, Playwright
Literary movement Postmodernism, Magical realism
Influences
Influenced

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Life

He was born in Maribor, an industrial center in what was then the Yugoslav Socialist Republic of Slovenia. Maribor (historical German name de ''Marburg an der Drau'' is the second largest City in Slovenia. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian The Socialist Republic of Slovenia ( Slovene: Socialistična republika Slovenija) was a Socialist state that was a Constituent country of the His father, originally from the Prekmurje region, was an ex partisan. Prekmurje (Muravidék is the easternmost region of Slovenia. It borders Hungary to the north-east Austria to the north-west Croatia to the The Yugoslav Partisans, or simply the Partisans, ( Serbo-Croatian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene: Partizani Jančar studied law in his home town. As a student, he became chief editor of the student journal Katedra; he soon came in conflict with the Communist establishment, because he allowed some critical articles on the ruling regime to be published. The League of Communists of Slovenia was the Slovenian branch of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, the sole legal party of Yugoslavia from 1945 He had to leave the journal and found a job as an assistant at the Maribor daily newspaper Večer. In 1974 he was arrested by Yugoslav authorities for bringing to Yugoslavia a booklet entitled V Rogu ležimo pobiti ("We Lie Killed in the Rog Forest") that he had bought in nearby Austria and lend to some friends to read it. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian: Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The booklet was a survival account of the Kočevski Rog massacres perpetrated by Tito's Communist regime in May 1945. Kočevski Rog or simply Rog is a Karst Plateau which is a part of the Kočevje Highlands above the Črmošnjice Valley. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar He was sentenced to a year imprisonment for "spreading hostile propaganda", but was released after three months. Immediately after the release he was called up for military service in southern Serbia, where he was subjected to systematic harassment by his superiors due to his "criminal file". Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country

After completing the military service, Jančar briefly returned to Večer, but was allowed to perform only administrative work. He decided to move to Ljubljana, where he became acquainted with several influential artists and intellectuals who were critical of the cultural policies of the Communist establishment, among whom were Edvard Kocbek, Ivan Urbančič, Alenka Puhar, Dane Zajc, Jože Snoj, Tomaž Šalamun, Marjan Rožanc, Rudi Šeligo and others. Ljubljana ( is the largest and Capital city of Slovenia. It is located in the center of the country and is a mid-sized city of some 270000 inhabitants Edvard Kocbek ( 27 September 1904, Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici, Duchy of Styria, now Slovenia - 3 November 1981 Alenka Puhar (b February 4, 1945) is a Slovenian Journalist, Author, Translator, and Historian. Dane Zajc ( October 26 1929 in Zgornja Javoršica near the Moravče – October 20 2005 in Ljubljana) was a Jože Snoj (born March 17, 1934) is a Slovene Poet, Novelist, Journalist and Essayist. Tomaž Šalamun is a Slovenian poet He was born in 1941 in Zagreb, Croatia, and raised in Koper, Slovenia. Between 1978 and 1980, he worked as a screenwriter in the film studio Viba Film, but quit because he was censored in the adaptation of Vitomil Zupan's script for Živojin Pavlović's movie Farewell until the Next War. Vitomil Zupan ( January 18 1914 - May 14 1987) who also wrote under the Pseudonym Langus, was a Slovene Živojin "Žika" Pavlović ( 15 April 1933 &ndash 29 November 1998) was Serbian film director and writer In 1981, he was employed as a secretary of the Slovenska matica publishing house, where he now works as an editor. This article is about the Slovene publishing house founded in 1864 In 1982, he was among the co-founders of the journal Nova revija, which soon emerged as the major alternative and opposition media in Socialist Slovenia. He also became acquainted with Boris Pahor, the Slovene writer from Trieste who wrote about his experience in the Nazi concentration camps. Boris Pahor (born 28 August 1913 is a Slovene Writer from Italy. Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to See also List of Nazi-German concentration camps, Extermination camp Prior to and during World War II, Nazi Germany under Hitler maintained Pahor had a profound influence on Jančar, who has frequently pointed out his indebtedness to the writer from Trieste, namely in the essay "The Man Who Said No", published in 1990 as one of the first comprehensive assessments of Pahor's literary and moral role in the post-war era in Slovenia. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Initially, Jančar wasn't allowed to publish his works, but after the gradual liberalisation after Kardelj's and Tito's death in the late 1970s, he could work as a screenwriter for theater and film. Edvard Kardelj ( January 27, 1910 - February 10, 1979) also known under the Pseudonyms Sperans and Krištof was This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. In mid 1980s, he gained initial success with his novels and short stories, and his plays gained recognition throughout Yugoslavia. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian From the late 1980s on, he started gaining recognition also in other countries, especially in Central Europe, but also in Spain and Italy. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest

Work

Jančar started writing already as a teenager. His first short novels were published by the magazine Mladina. Mladina is a Slovenian weekly Current affairs Magazine. It was first published in the 1920s as the youth magazine of the Slovenian Communist Party

Jančar's prose is influenced by modernist models. Modernism describes an array of Cultural movements rooted in the changes in Western society in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century One of the central themes of his works is the conflictual relationship between individuals and repressive institutions, such as prisons, galleys, psychiatric hospital and military barracks. A galley (from Greek γαλέα - galea is an ancient Ship which can be propelled entirely by human oarsmen, used for Warfare He is famous for his laconic and often highly ironic style, often making use of tragicomical twists. A " laconic phrase " is a very concise or terse statement named after Laconia (a Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or Tragicomedy is Fictional work that blend aspects of the Genres of Tragedy and Comedy. Most of his novels are set around concrete events of circumstances in Central European history, which he sees as an exemplification of the human condition. Central Europe is the Region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and The human condition encompasses all of the Experience of being Human.

He also writes essays and columns, commenting on current political and cultural events. An essay is usually a short piece of writing It is often written from an author's personal point of view. A column in Structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural During the war in Bosnia, he voiced his support for the Bosnian cause and personally visited the besieged Sarajevo to bring supplies for the civilian population collected by the Slovene Writers' Association. The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina, commonly known as the Bosnian War, was an international armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Latin script: Bosna i Hercegovina, Cyrillic script: Босна и Херцеговина is a country on the Balkan The Siege of Sarajevo was conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav People's Army (later transformed to the He later wrote an essay, entitled "Short Report from a City Long Besieged" (Kratko poročilo iz dolgo obleganega mesta), in which he reflected on the War in Yugoslavia and the more general question of the ambiguous role of intellectuals in ethnic, national and political conflicts. The Yugoslav Wars were a series of violent conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY that took place between 1991 and An intellectual (from the adjective meaning "involving thought and reason" is a person who tries to use his or her Intelligence and analytical thinking,

Throughout the 1990s, he led a polemics with the Austrian writer Peter Handke regarding the dissolution of Yugoslavia. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Peter Handke (born 6 December 1942, in Griffen Austria) is an Avant-garde Austrian Novelist and Playwright See also Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian

The public intellectual

Between 1987 and 1991 he was the president of the Slovene P.E.N. Center and used his position to support the emergence of democracy in Slovenia. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. For the "Postsecondary Education Network International" see PEN-International International PEN, the worldwide association of Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija) is a Country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west During the JBTZ-trial in 1988, he was one of the organizers of the first free public political rally in Slovenia after 1945, held on the central Congress Square in Ljubljana. The JBTZ-trial was a political trial held in a military court in Slovenia, then part of Yugoslavia in 1988. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Congress Square (Kongresni trg is one of the central squares in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. During the first democratic elections in 1990, he actively campaigned for the presidential candidate Jože Pučnik. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Jože Pučnik ( 9 March, 1932 &ndash 11 January, 2003) was a prominent Slovenian Public intellectual, Sociologist During the Slovenian War of Independence, he helped, together with several other writers (especially Aleš Debeljak and Tone Pavček), to rally international support for Slovenia's independence. The Ten-Day War (Desetdnevna vojna sometimes called the Slovenian Independence War (Slovenska osamosvojitvena vojna was a brief military conflict between Slovenia Aleš Debeljak (born December 25, 1961) is a Slovenian Cultural critic, Poet, and Essayist.

In the late 1990s, he organized, jointly with historian Vasko Simoniti, an exhibition entitled Temna stran meseca ("The Dark Side of the Moon"), which dealt with human rights violations in Slovenia during the Communist dictatorship. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Human rights refers to the "basic Rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled In the year 2000, he caused a controversy with the essay entitled "Xenos and xenophobia", published by Slovenia's most widely read daily newspaper Delo, in which he accused the Liberal media of inciting xenophobia and Anti-Catholicism (Jančar himself is an agnostic). 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. A controversy or dispute is a commencement of a conflict between statements of accepted fact and a new or unaccepted proposal that disagrees with argues against Delo ( English: Labor) is one of the major daily Newspapers in Slovenia. Xenophobia is an intense and/or irrational dislike and sometimes fear of people from other countries Anti-Catholicism is a generic term for Discrimination, hostility or Prejudice directed at the Roman Catholic Church or its followers Agnosticism ( Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the These were however accusations he had been repeating since 1994, when in the essay "Egyptian Pots of Meat" he accused the Liberal media of having helped the rise of the chauvinistic Slovenian National Party. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Chauvinism (ˈʃoʊvɨnɪzəm is extreme and unreasoning Partisanship on behalf of a group to which one belongs especially when the partisanship includes malice and hatred

Although he never actively participated in politics, he publicly supported the Slovenian Democratic Party in the general elections of 2000 and 2004. The Slovenian Democratic Party (Slovenska demokratska stranka acronym SDS) known until 2003 as the Social Democratic Party of Slovenia (sl ''Socialdemokratska At a national level Slovenia elects a Head of state (a President) and a Legislature. On Sunday 3 October 2004, Elections for deputies to the Slovenian Parliament, called the National Assembly (Slovenian

Recognition

Jančar's novels, essays and short stories have been translated into 18 languages and published in several Europen and Asian countries and in the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the His dramas have also been staged by a number of foreign theatres, while back home they are frequently considered the highlights of the Slovenian theatrical season. Jančar has received a number of literary awards, including the Prešeren Award, Slovenia's most prestigious literary award, the European Short Story Award (Augsburg, 1994) and the Herder Prize for literature in 2003. Prešeren Award (the so-called Grand Prešeren Award) (Prešernova nagrada is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Augsburg is an independent City in the south-west of Bavaria. The Herder Prize, established in 1963 and named for Johann Gottfried von Herder, is a prestigious international prize dedicated to the promotion of scientific art and literature Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Since 1995, he has also been member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (acronym SASA) (Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti sl ''SAZU'' is a National academy of Slovenia, which

He lives and works in Ljubljana.

Selected bibliography

Novels

Plays

Essays

See also

External links

References

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