Occupation Theologian and writer Notable works Vrnitev k Itaki | Name Peter Persin | |
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Notable awards Rozanc Award
2010 for Vrnitev k Itaki
Golden Order of Merit
2011 for his written work | ||
Peter Kovačič Peršin (born 1945) is a Slovene writer and theologian. His second surname, Peršin, is his mother's. His was one of the founding members of the philosophical and social movement The 2000 Society (Slovene: Društvo 2000) and editor of its journal Revija 2000.
In 2010 he received the Rožanc Award for his collection of essays Vrnitev k Itaki: Slovenci v procesih globalizacije (Return to Ithaka: Slovenes in the Processes of Globalization). In 2011 he was bestowed the Golden Order of Merit by the President of Slovenia for his free thinking in his editorial work with which he has persistently and decisively widened the intellectual horizons of the Slovene spirit.
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