| Janez Kajzer | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1938-01-21)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.
Biography
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.
He won the Levstik Award in 1960 for his first published work, the collection of short stories Mimo dnevnega načrta (Beyond the Daily Plan).
Published works
- 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
- "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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