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Name
  
Branko Hofman

Role
  
Poet


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Born
  
29 November 1929 Rogatec, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia) (
1929-11-29
)

Occupation
  
poet, writer and playwright

Notable works
  
Noc do jutra, Ringo Star

Notable awards
  
Levstik Award 1981 for Ringo Star

Died
  
June 12, 1991, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Education
  
University of Ljubljana

Branko Hofman (29 November 1929 – 12 June 1991) was a Slovene poet, writer and playwright. As well as his poetry he is best known for his 1981 novel Noč do jutra (Night Till Morning) that deals with the subject of the Goli Otok prison.

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Hofman was born in Rogatec in 1929. He studied Comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and worked as a journalist at Radio Koper and editor at Večer and the DZS Publishing House.

He won the Levstik Award in 1981 for his book Ringo Star.

Poetry

  • Pred jutrom (Before Morning), 1951
  • Za oblaki so zvezde (There Are Stars Behind the Clouds), 1956
  • Mavrica v dlaneh (The Rainbow in My Palm), 1962
  • Trapez (Trapezoid), 1970
  • In večno življenje mesa (And the Eternal Life of Meat), 1972
  • Pesmi (Poems), 1972
  • Lok (Arch), 1977
  • Ne kliči, tu ni škržatov (Don't Call Out, There Are No Cicadas Here), 1989
  • Prose

  • Vrabčki (Sparrows), 1955
  • Strah (Fear), 1961
  • Ljubezen (Love), 1965
  • Ringo Star (Ringo Star), 1980
  • Noč do jutra (Night Till Morning), 1981
  • Tonka Paconka (Tonka Paconka), 1982
  • Kdo mamici soli pamet (Who Is Being Clever With Mum), 1985
  • Ringo potepuh (Ringo the Vagabond), 1990
  • Drama

  • Življenje zmaguje (Life Wins), 1955
  • Svetloba velike samote (The Light of Great Loneliness), 1957
  • Zvezde na jutranjem nebu (Stars in the Morning Sky), 1958
  • Dan in vsi dnevi (The Day and All Days), 1962
  • Mož brez obraza (The Faceless Man), 1971
  • References

    Branko Hofman Wikipedia