Drago Jančar was born in Maribor in 1948, lives in Ljubljana and is regarded as the most significant living Slovenian author. His novels, essays and plays have been translated into many languages. In 1974 he was arrested for ›hostile propaganda‹. He has won numerous awards including the Kresnik Prize, the Jean Améry Prize and the 2020 Austrian State Prize for European Literature. His most recent novel was When Love is At Rest (In ljubezen tudi) (2017).
“Danijel doesn’t know who to please: his father, who forever celebrates victory over Nazi Germany with his comrades from the League of Communist Fighters. Or his mother, who sends him to the ...
moreHe slept flanked by corpses in Vietnam, crossed oceans and taught the Generals of the Dominican Republic to know fear. Women killed themselves for his sake, and before his arrest an entire ...
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2020 Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur
2007 Jean Améry-Preis für Essayistik
1998 Kresnik-Preis
1994 Europäischer Preis für Kurzprosa
1993 France-Prešeren-Preis
