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Rudi Šeligo

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Rudi Šeligo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1935-05-14 (Sušak, Rijeka)
Died
2004-01-22 (Ljubljana) age 68
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Sušak, Rijeka (1935-1939) → Jesenice (1939- ) → Tolmin → Ljubljana (1956- ) → Kranj (1962- )

Career

Occupations
Writer, Playwright, Essayist, Politician, Teacher, Minister of Culture
Active Years
1955-2004
Affiliations
Slovene Writers' Association (President 1987), Slovenian Democratic Union, Slovenian Social Democratic Party, Slovenian Parliament (1990-1994), Advisory Board of RTV Slovenija (President 1990-1994), Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2001- )
Memberships
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Influenced By
Jože Pučnik, Dušan Pirjevec Ahac
Influenced
Lojze Kovačič, Drago Jančar

Education

Teacher's Training College in Tolmin
Teacher Training
Period: 1950年代
Country: Slovenia
Completed teacher's academy
University of Ljubljana
Philosophy and Sociology
Period: 1956-
Country: Slovenia
Enrolled but no graduation mentioned

Awards

Prešeren Fund Award
1970
Organization: Republic of Slovenia
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Triptych of Agata Schwarzkobler

1968 Novel (Reism)

Short novel considered the first example of reism in Slovene literature.

Reism

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ModernismAvant-gardeNouveau roman influenceThick descriptionsAnti-psychologism
Recurring Motifs
Radical avantgardist innovations

Legacy

One of the foremost Slovenian modernist writers of the post-World War II period, along with Lojze Kovačič and Drago Jančar.

Trivia

  • Born into a Slovene family in Sušak (now part of Rijeka, Croatia) in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
  • Worked as an industrial worker in an iron mill after high school.
  • Engaged in a 'creative strike' refusing to publish for two years after the closure of the journal Perspektive by the Communist regime.