Janez Kajzer
Janez Kajzer | |
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| Born | 21 January 1938 Vižmarje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
| Occupation | writer, journalist, translator, editor |
| Notable works | Mimo dnevnega načrta, Macesen: Roman o Ivanu Groharju, |
| Notable awards | Levstik Award 1963 for Mimo dnevnega načrta |
Janez Kajzer (born 21 January 1938) is a Slovene writer, journalist, translator and editor.[1]
Biography[edit]
Kajzer was born in Vižmarje in Ljubljana in 1938. After finishing secondary school he found employment as a journalist at Mladina and Delo and later as an editor at the Borec and Prešernova Družba publishing houses. He has published a number of novels and collections of short stories.[2]
He won the Levstik Award in 1960 for his first published work, the collection of short stories Mimo dnevnega načrta (Beyond the Daily Plan).[3]
Published works[edit]
- Mimo dnevnega načrta (Beyond the Daily Plan), short stories, 1960
- Klub v črnem (The Club in Black), novel, 1964
- Macesen (The Larch), novel about Ivan Grohar, 1978
- Prava moška družba (Real Male Company), short stories, 1979
- Štirje srčni možje (Four Heary Men), the story of the first ascent of Triglav, 1980
- S tramovi podprto mesto (A Town Held Up By Beams), cultural-historical stories, 1983
- Obljubljeni kraj (The Promised Land), Portraits of Slovene emigrees to the US, 1984
- Samorastnik izpod Blegoša (The Self-Made Mad from Under Mount Blegoš), 1998
- Sanjska hiša (Dream House), novel, 2004
- Skrivno oko (The Hidden Eye), short stories, 2005
- Perpetuum mobile (Perpetuum mobile), short stories, 2007
- V temnih, nemirnih nočeh (In Dark Restless Nights), short stories, 2009
- Ovadba opolnoči (Midnight Charge), novel, 2011
References[edit]
- ^ "Naša knjižnica, bulletin on the Šentjur Public Library site" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ Sodobnost Yr.2005, pg.955
- ^ "The Levstik Award on the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House site". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
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