Vladimir Bartol

Vladimir Bartol (* February 24, 1903 in Trieste, † September 12, 1967 in Ljubljana ) was a Slovene writer and became famous for his novel Alamut, which appeared in 1938, but only in 1992 translated into German.

Life

Bartol was born on 24 February 1903 in the village of San Giovanni in Trieste, the third of seven children. His parents Gregor Bartol, post office clerk, and Marica Bartol - Nadlisek, teacher and author, care deeply about his upbringing. In his autobiography, he describes himself as a high-strung and somewhat strange child with great imagination. In his life he was interested in a variety of areas, including, inter alia: biology, philosophy, psychology, art, theater and literature. As a scientist, he collected and researched butterflies. Vladimir Bartol began his schooling in Trieste and finished it in Ljubljana, where he enrolled at the university for a biology and philosophy. He directed attention to the work of Sigmund Freud Particular attention. He took his degree in 1925 and studied from 1933 to 1934 at the Sorbonne on. In 1928 he served in the army in Petrovaradin. From 1933 to 1934 he lived in Belgrade. He then moved back to Ljubljana, where he worked until 1941 as a freelance writer. After the Second World War, he returned to his native town, where he spent a decade from 1946 to 1956. Later, he was elected as a permanent member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( SASA ), for which he worked after returning to Ljubljana until his death.

Works

• Lopez (1932, Drama )
• Al Araf (1935, collection of short stories )
• Alamut (1938, novel), German translation: Alamut. A novel from the ancient Near East, Luebbe, ISBN 3-404-11990-8
• Tržaške humoreske (1957, collection of short stories )
• Don Lorenzo ( 1985)
• Mladost pri Svetem Ivanu (2001, autobiography )