EVALD FLISAR, born in 1945 in Slovenia, then still part of Yugoslavia, is an iconic figure ocontemporary Slovenian literature. Novelist, playwright, essayist, editor, globe-trotter (travelled in 98 countries), underground train driver in Sydney, Australia, editor of (among other publications) an encyclopaedia of science and invention in London, author of short stories and radio plays for the BBC, president of the Slovene Writers’ Association (1995– 2002), since 1998 editor of the oldest Slovenian literary journal Sodobnost (Contemporary Review), he is also the author of 16 novels (eleven of them shortlisted for Kresnik award, known as the Slovenian “Booker”), two collections of short stories, three travelogues, two books for children.
EVALD FLISAR, born in 1945 in Slovenia, then still part of Yugoslavia, is an iconic figure ocontemporary Slovenian literature. Novelist, playwright, essayist, editor, globe-trotter (travelled in 98 countries), underground train driver in Sydney, Australia, editor of (among other publications) an encyclopaedia of science and invention in London, author of short stories and radio plays for the BBC, president of the Slovene Writers’ Association (1995– 2002), since 1998 editor of the oldest Slovenian literary journal Sodobnost (Contemporary Review), he is also the author of 16 novels (eleven of them shortlisted for Kresnik award, known as the Slovenian “Booker”), two collections of short stories, three travelogues, two books for children.
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