Person · Open Library
- Works
- 25
Top works
- In ljubezen tudi
- Cette nuit, je l'ai vue
- Galley Slave
- It's Already the Morning of the Last Day
- Zumbidos en la cabeza
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,698x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,254x
- Advanced Virgo: a second-generation interferometric gravitational wave detector
· 2014 · cited 3,681x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,666x
- Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A
· 2017 · cited 2,978x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-04-13 ) 13 April 1948 (age 78) , Maribor , Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia )
- Occupation
- Writer essayist playwright
- Literary movement
- Postmodernism , Magical realism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Drago
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Maribor
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Maribor
- Languages spoken
- Slovene
- Image
- Drago Jančar, Frankfurter Buchmesse 2023 Ausschnitt.jpg
- Work location
- Ljubljana
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- influenced by
- Rudi Šeligo
- Commons category
- Drago Jančar
- date of birth
- 1948-04-13
- ethnic group
- Slovenes
- writing language
- Slovene
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Drago Jančar, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Drago Jančar ( pronounced [ˈdɾáːɡɔ ˈjàːntʃaɾ]; born 13 April 1948) is a Slovenian writer, playwright and essayist. Jančar is one of the best-known contemporary Slovene writers. In Slovenia, he is also known for his political commentaries and civic engagement. Jančar's novels, essays, and short stories have been translated into 21 languages and published in Europe, Asia, and the United States. The most numerous translations are into German, followed by Czech and Croatian.His plays have also been staged by a number of foreign theatres, and in Slovenia they are frequently considered the highlights of the theatrical season. He lives and works in Ljubljana.
Life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drago Jančar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.