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Dane Zajc

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Dane Zajc

Aliases: Danijel Zajc

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-10-26 (Zgornja Javoršica)
Died
2005-10-20 (Ljubljana) age 75
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovenian
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Zgornja Javoršica → Ljubljana

Career

Occupations
poet, playwright
Active Years
1947-2005
Affiliations
City Library of Ljubljana, Slovene Writers' Association
Memberships
Slovene Writers' Association (president 1991-1995)
Influenced By
Edvard Kocbek
Influenced
Gregor Strniša

Education

Domžale special course
Period: 1945頃
Country: Slovenia
special course for young war victims
Kamnik
Period: 1945後
Country: Slovenia
Gornja Radgona
Period: 1945後
Country: Slovenia
Poljane Grammar School
Period: 1947-1951, 1958外部試験
Year of Graduation: 1958
Country: Slovenia
expelled due to arrest, graduated with external exams

Awards

Prešeren Award
1981
Work: lifetime achievement
Organization: Republic of Slovenia
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Požgana trava

poetry

neo-expressionist poems about irresolution and fear of contemporary man

irresolutionfear

Ubijavci kač

poetry

neo-expressionist poems about irresolution and fear of contemporary man

irresolutionfear

Mlada Breda

poetic drama

poetic drama based on Slovenian folklore

folklore

Voranc

poetic drama

poetic drama based on Slovenian folklore

folklore

Jaga baba

poetic drama

poetic drama based on Slovenian folklore

folklore

Otroka reke

poetry

poetry based on antique and other motifs

antique motifs
Translations
  • French translation (2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
neo-expressionismexistentialismsurrealism
Recurring Motifs
irresolution and fear of contemporary man

Health

  • War trauma
    第二次世界大戦中 (幼少期)
    profoundly affected his life and work, led to lifelong anti-Communism

Legacy

one of the most important Slovenian poets of the second half of the 20th century, alongside Edvard Kocbek and Gregor Strniša

In Popular Culture

  • American singer Chris Eckman released CD 'The Last Side of the Mountain' (2008) with adaptations of Zajc's poems translated to English

Trivia

  • Witnessed father's brutal death by Nazis at age 13
  • Two brothers fell in Partisan resistance
  • Dropped out of school at 13, resumed after war
  • Arrested and imprisoned by Communists in 1951, expelled from school
  • Worked as post office clerk 1953-1955
  • City Library of Ljubljana 1955-1989
  • Member of the Critical Generation
  • Editorial board of Revija 57 and Perspektive
  • Supported Slovenian Democratic Opposition during Slovenian Spring