Tone Partaljič
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Partljič in 2020
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Born | (1940-08-05) 5 August 1940 (age 83) Maribor, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
Occupation | writer, playwright, screenwriter, politician |
Notable works | Moj ata, socialistični kulak; Hotel sem prijeti sonce |
Notable awards | Prešeren Award 2016 lifetime achievement |
Tone Partljič (born 5 August 1940) is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Between 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the Slovenian National Assembly, from 1994 as a member of the LDS party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 1983 and 1987.[1]
Partljič was born in Maribor and grew up in Pesnica pri Mariboru. He studied in Maribor and graduated in Slovene and English language in 1965 and worked as a teacher and then as a dramaturge and artistic director at the Slovene National Theatre and the Ljubljana City Theatre. In 1980 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his satirical comedies.[2] In 2016, he was given the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian award in the field of artistic creation, for lifetime achievement.[3]
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