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Tone Seliškar

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Tone Seliškar

Aliases: Anton Seliškar

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1900-04-01 (Ljubljana)
Died
1969-08-10 (Ljubljana) age 69
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovene
Residence History
Ljubljana → Dramlje → Trbovlje

Career

Occupations
Writer, Poet, Teacher, Journalist
Active Years
1930-1969
Affiliations
Slovene Liberation Front
Influenced By
Prežihov Voranc
Influenced
Mile Klopčič

Awards

Prešeren Award
1947
Work: Tovariši
Organization: Slovenian Ministry of Culture
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Bratovščina Sinjega galeba

Young adult fiction

One of the notable works

Social realism

Mule

Novel

One of the notable works

Social realism

Tovariši

1947 Short story

Story about comrades

PartisansComradeship

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Social realist poetry
Recurring Motifs
Partisan life

Legacy

Foremost representative of Slovene social realist poetry of the 1930s and 1940s. Known for young adult fiction.

In Popular Culture

  • Public library in Trbovlje named after him. Composer Breda Šček set his works to music.

Trivia

  • Born as the youngest of seven children.