Drago Jančar
Drago Jančar (born April 13, 1948 in Maribor , Yugoslavia ) is one of the most important contemporary Slovenian writers. In 1974 he was imprisoned in communist Yugoslavia for "hostile propaganda" and "journalistic disobedience".
Career
Jančar was awarded the Prešeren Prize , the most important literary prize in Slovenia, in 1993, the European Prize for Short Prose in 1994 , and the Jean Améry Prize for Essay Writing in 2007 . In 1998, Rauschen im Kopf was awarded the lavish Kresnik Prize as the best Slovenian novel of the year . In 2011 Jančar received the European Prize for Literature for Lifetime Achievement.
As part of the publication of his prose volume Sonntag in Mitterau in Edition Thanhäuser , he was a scholarship holder in Ottensheim to take part in the printing process and thus to become familiar with the craft of woodcutter, handwriter and book printer. Jančar lives in Ljubljana .
In 2020 he was awarded the Austrian State Prize for European Literature .
Works (selection)
Drago Jančar is the author of numerous novels, short stories and dramas. His essays appear in international magazines.
Novels
- Severni sij . (German: Nordlicht . 1990 ISBN 3-85129-008-9 )
-
Galjot . (German: Der Galeot . Folio Verlag, 2004 ISBN 978-3-85256-269-8 )
- The galley convict : from the Slovenian by Klaus Detlef Olof , new edition by Der Galeot , Folio-Verlag, Vienna / Bozen 2015, ISBN 978-3-85256-661-0
- Posmehljivo poželenje . (German: Lucifer's smile . Wieser Verlag, 1996 ISBN 3-85129-159-X )
- Noise in the head . (German in Zsolnay-Verlag, 1999; as TB: ISBN 978-3-423-13051-6 )
- Catherine, the peacock and the Jesuit . Translation by Klaus Detlef Olof. Vienna: Folio, 2007 ISBN 978-3-85256-374-9
- Drevo brez imena (German The tree without a name . Folio Verlag, 2010 ISBN 978-3-85256-527-9 )
- Graditelj . (German: Der Wandler der Welt. The Myth of Daedalus . Berlin Verlag, 2007 ISBN 978-3-8270-0760-5 )
- To noč sem jo videl . (German: The night when I saw her: Roman . From the Slovenian. by Daniela Kocmut and Klaus Detlef Olof . Vienna; Bozen: FolioVerlag, 2015 ISBN 978-3-85256-670-2 )
- In Ljubezen tudi . (German: When love rests , From the Slovenian. by Daniela Kocmut, Paul-Zsolnay-Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-552-05950-4 )
stories
- The leap from the Liburnia . (German in Wieser Verlag, 1993 ISBN 978-3-85129-083-7 )
- Sunday in Mitterau . Prose, Edition Thanhäuser ISBN 3-90098-626-6 (150 copies, 32 pages hand press print)
- The apparition of Rovenska . Folio Verlag, 2001 ISBN 978-3-85256-160-8
- Luzia's eyes . Folio Verlag, 2005 ISBN 978-3-85256-312-1
Dramas
- Hallstatt . With a woodcut cycle by Christian Thanhäuser , Edition Thanhäuser, 1998 ISBN 3-900-98635-5
Essays
- Terra incognita . ISBN 3-85129-007-0
- Brioni and other essays Folio Verlag, 2002 ISBN 978-3-85256-202-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Drago Jančar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Drago Jančar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Drago Jančar , at the Berlin International Literature Festival , 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Prize goes to the author Drago Jancar for his "contradiction" (March 25, 2020)
- ↑ A witty state award to Drago Jancar. In: ORF.at . August 3, 2020, accessed on August 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jančar, Drago |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slovenian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maribor |