Tone Pavček
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| Born |
29 September 1928 Šentjurij near Mirna Peč, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 21 October 2011 (age 83) Šentjurij near Mirna Peč, Slovenia |
| Occupation | poet, translator |
| Period | first post-war generation |
| Genre | lyrical, narrative, children and satirical poetry |
| Literary movement | Intimism |
| Notable works | Poems of the Four |
| Notable awards | Sovre Award 1979 Prešeren Award 1986 Veronika Award 2007 for Ujedanke: obrazi naše vsakdanjosti |
| Children | Saša Pavček, Marko Pavček (deceased since 1979) |
Tone Pavček (pronounced [ˈtoːnɛ ˈpaːu̯tʃək]; 29 September 1928 – 21 October 2011) was one of the most influential Slovene poets, translators, and essayists from the first post-war generation. He published numerous collections of poetry, well received by readers and critics alike. He also translated a number of Russian works into Slovene.
Tone Pavček was born on 29 September 1928 at Šentjurij in southeastern Slovenia. He attended the first grade of elementary school in Mirna Peč, but was soon sent to a boarding school in Ljubljana. There he graduated from a classical high school, and went on to study law, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1954, although he never performed legal services.
In 1955 Pavček started working as journalist for the daily newspapers Ljubljanski dnevnik (Ljubljana Daily) and Ljudska pravica (People’s Justice). In 1958 he worked as a journalist and later a programme director at RTV Slovenia, a position he held until 1972. In the late 1960s he was involved in the Slovenization of the national television, taking part in productions of well-received children's series such as Bratovščina sinjega galeba and Erazem in potepuh, the notable series for the general public Mali oglasi and Dekameron, and a memorable television film Andrej Hieng, gluhi mož na meji.
From 1972 to his retirement in 1990, he was editor-in-chief of the Cankarjeva Založba press, a major publisher at the time in Slovenia.
For a period of four years, starting in 1963, he was also an art director for the Slovenian Youth Theatre in Ljubljana. He presided over the Slovenian Writers Association from 1979 to 1983.
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