Rudi Šeligo

1935 - 2004

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Slovenia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

languages spoken, written or signed: Slovene, Croatian

educated at: University of Ljubljana

occupation: writer, playwright, politician, essayist, university teacher

award received: Prešeren Award, Prešeren Fund Awards, Grumova nagrada, Kresnik Award

influenced by: Veno Taufer, William Faulkner, Dominik Smole

Rudi Šeligo (14 May 1935 – 22 January 2004) was a Slovenian writer, playwright, essayist and politician. Together with Lojze Kovačič and Drago Jančar, he is considered one of the foremost Slovenian modernist writers of the post-World War II period. Source: Wikipedia (en)