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Lado Kralj

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Lado Kralj

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-03-27 (Slovenj Gradec)
Died
2022-12-12 (Ljubljana) age 84
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene, English
Residence History
Ljubljana

Career

Occupations
Writer, Theatre critic, Literary historian
Active Years
1986-2022
Affiliations
University of Ljubljana, Slovene National Theatre, Ljubljana
Nominations
Cankar Award 2023

Education

University of Ljubljana
Comparative literature / English literature
Degree: PhD
Period: 1970年代
Year of Graduation: 1986
Country: Slovenia
Studied comparative and English literature
New York University
Postgraduate
Period: 1970-1971
Country: United States
Postgraduate study

Awards

Fabula Award
2011
Work: The Scyther Grinds the Scythe
Category: 最優秀短編小説集
Organization: Union of Slovenian Publishers and Booksellers
Result: 受賞
Best Debut Novel Award
2010
Work: The Scyther Grinds the Scythe
Category: 最優秀デビュー小説
Organization: Slovene Writers' Association
Result: 受賞
Kresnik Award
2023
Work: I Will No Longer Skate on the Pond
Category: 小説
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Scyther Grinds the Scythe

2010 Short stories

Literary debut collection of short stories.

LifeCareer

I Will No Longer Skate on the Pond

2022 Novel

Set in Ljubljana during the Italian occupation in the early 1940s and the post-war 1950s, focusing on a young communist falling in love with a student.

WarLoveHistory

Bibliography

  • Ekspresionizem (Expressionism) (1986)
  • Teorija drame (The Theory of Drama) (1998)
  • Primerjalni članki (Comparative Articles) (2006)
  • Kosec koso brusi (The Scyther Grinds the Scythe) (2010)
  • Ne bom se več drsal na bajerju (I Will No Longer Skate on the Pond) (2022)

Legacy

Known as a late-blooming Slovenian writer whose debut at age 72 garnered attention.