Lavo Čermelj - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1889-10-10 （Trieste）
Died: 1980-01-26 （Ljubljana） age 90
Nationality: Slovene
Languages: Slovene, Italian, German
Religion: Unknown
Residence History: Trieste → Prague → Vienna → Trieste → Ljubljana

Career

Occupations: physicist, political activist, journalist, author
Active Years: 1914-1980
Affiliations: Minority Institute, Bežigrad Grammar School

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
German-language lyceum in Trieste	—	General	—	幼少期	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Charles University	—	Law	—	1年間	Austro-Hungarian Empire
University of Vienna	—	Mathematics and Physics	物理学卒業	1910-1914頃	Austro-Hungarian Empire

German-language lyceum in Trieste

General

Period: 幼少期

Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Graduated before university

Charles University

Law

Period: 1年間

Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Studied law for one year

University of Vienna

Mathematics and Physics

Degree: 物理学卒業

Period: 1910-1914頃

Year of Graduation: 1914

Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire

Graduated in physics

Awards & Nominations

Levstik Award 6 appearances

Edition 0 (1953, held 5 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1959, held 2 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1959, held 3 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1959, held 4 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1959, held 5 times in year) Winner
Edition 0 (1959, held 7 times in year) Winner

Works

Major Works

Life-and-Death Struggle of a National Minority: The Yugoslavs in Italy

1935 Politics and Minority Issues

Describes the persecution of Slovenes and Croats in the Julian March and Venetian Slovenia under Italian rule. Translated into French, German, Italian, and Russian.

Minority oppressionAnti-fascism

Translations

French, German, Italian, Russian

Translations by Author

Translated Fred Hoyle's Astronomy (1962) into Slovene (1971)

Legacy

One of the foremost representatives of Slovene anti-Fascist émigrés from Italian-administered Julian March. Known for research on minority issues, arrested and imprisoned by Italians during WWII, later focused on legal status of Slovene minority in Italy. Memorial bust erected in 1999 in Ljubljana.