Janez Kajzer
Janez Kajzer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 21 January 1938 Vižmarje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) |
| Died | 13 August 2026 (aged 88) |
| Occupations | Writer, journalist, translator, editor |
| Writing career | |
| Notable works | Mimo dnevnega načrta, Macesen: Roman o Ivanu Groharju, |
| Notable awards | Levstik Award 1960 for Mimo dnevnega načrta |
Janez Kajzer (21 January 1938 – 13 August 2026) was a Slovene writer, journalist, translator and editor.[1]
Life and career
Kajzer was born in Vižmarje, Ljubljana on 21 January 1938. After finishing secondary school, he worked as a journalist at Mladina and Delo, and later, as an editor at Borec and Prešernova Družba publishing houses. He authored a number of novels and collections of short stories.
In 1960, he won the Levstik Award for his first published work, a collection of short stories Mimo dnevnega načrta (Beyond Daily Plans).
Kajzer died on 13 August 2026, at the age of 88.[2]
Published works
- Mimo dnevnega načrta (Beyond Daily Plans), 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
- ↑ "Umrl je pisatelj Janez Kajzer". Retrieved 13 August 2026.
- ↑ "Umrl je pisatelj Janez Kajzer". www.dnevnik.si (in Slovenian). 13 August 2026. Retrieved 17 August 2026.