Zora Tavčar
Zora Tavčar | |
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| Born | 2 October 1928 Loka pri Zidanem Mostu, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist and translator |
| Notable works | Veter v laseh, Velika maša |
Zora Tavčar (born 2 October 1928) is a Slovene writer, essayist and translator, living in Opicina (Slovenian: Opčine) in the suburbs of Trieste, Italy. She was married to a notable member of the Slovene minority in Italy, writer Alojz Rebula.
Life[edit]
Tavčar was born in Loka pri Zidanem Mostu in 1928. She studied comparative literature, literary theory and Slovene language and literature at the University of Ljubljana. In 1963 she completed her doctorate at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
In 1951, she married the Slovene writer and playwright Alojz Rebula and moved to Opicina (Opčine) near Trieste (Trst). Until her retirement in 1988, she taught at various secondary schools with Slovene as the language of instruction in the Trieste region.[1]
Work[edit]
She started off with writing poetry, but is better known for her short stories, essays and radio plays.[2]
Published works[edit]
- Veter v laseh (The Wind in My Hair), 1982
- Ob kresu življenja (At the Bonfire of Life), 1989
- Kroži, kroži galeb (Fly in Circles, Fly Seagull), 2008
References[edit]
- ^ Dolenjski list 2 October 2008 80 let pisateljice Zore Tavčar Rebula The Writer Zora Tavčar Rebula 80th Birthday
- ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
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