Dane Zajc Writer

Dane Zajc (About this sound pronunciation ) (26 October 1929 – 20 October 2005) was a Slovenian poet and playwright. He served as president of the Slovene Writers' Association (1991–1995), and was awarded the prestigious Prešeren Award for lifetime achievement (1981). Together with Edvard Kocbek and Gregor Strniša, he is considered as the most important Slovenian poet of the second half of the 20th century.

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Birth date	October 26, 1929
Birth place	Slovenia , Moravče Moravče , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , Zgornja Javoršica
Date of death	October 20, 2005
Place of death	Slovenia , Ljubljana

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influenced	Tomaž Šalamun Veno Taufer Gregor Strniša Svetlana Makarovič Rudi Šeligo Jo%C5%BEe Tisnikar
influenced by	Edvard Kocbek Georg Trakl Pablo Neruda Srečko Kosovel Josip Murn Ferdo Kozak
movement	Existentialism Surrealism

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