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Vida Jeraj Hribar

ヴィダ・ジェライ・フリバル

Vida Jeraj Hribar

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1902-05-04 (Vienna)
Died
2002-05-06 (Ljubljana) age 100
Nationality
Slovenian
Languages
Slovenian
Residence History
Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1902-1919) → Ljubljana, Slovenia (1919-2002)

Career

Occupations
violinist, music teacher
Active Years
1919-2002
Affiliations
Musical Society Conservatorium, Ljubljana Music and Ballet Secondary School (headmistress 1953-)
Influenced By
Vida Jeraj (mother, writer)

Education

Musical Society Conservatorium
Music
Period: 1919頃
Country: Slovenia
continued her musical studies

Awards

Slovene Woman of the Year
1992
Work: memoirs
Result: winner
Levstik Award
1993
Work: Večerna sonata: spomini z Dunaja, Pariza in Ljubljane, 1902–1933
Organization: Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Večerna sonata: spomini z Dunaja, Pariza in Ljubljane, 1902–1933

1992 Memoir

Memoirs recounting experiences in Vienna, Paris, and Ljubljana from 1902 to 1933.

musical lifefamilyearly 20th century Europe

Bibliography

  • Večerna sonata: spomini z Dunaja, Pariza in Ljubljane, 1902–1933

Style & Themes

Literary Style
memoir stylepersonal narrative
Recurring Motifs
musictravelfamily bonds

Legacy

Renowned Slovenian violinist and music teacher who, at age 91, published memoirs earning her the Levstik Award and the title of Slovene Woman of the Year. Lived to 100 years old.

In Popular Culture

  • Her sister-in-law Ksenija Hribar's fate was depicted in Drago Jančar's novel 'That Night I Saw Her'.

Trivia

  • Died two days after her 100th birthday.
  • Her mother was the writer Vida Jeraj.
  • Married to the philosopher Mirko Hribar.