Tone Pavček, Slovenian author and translator, died he was 83.

Tone Pavček  was one of the most influential Slovene poets, translators and essayists from the first post-war generation. He published a number of collections of poetry, well received by readers and critics alike. He also translated numerous Russian works into Slovene.

(29 September 1928 – 21 October 2011)

Early life

Tone Pavček was born on September 29th 1928 in Šentjurij in southeastern Slovenia. He lived in Šentjurij until he was 16 years old. He attended the first grade of elementary school in his home town, but was soon sent to a boarding school in Ljubljana. In Ljubljana he completed a classical high school, and went to study law from which he graduated in 1954, although he never performed legal services afterwards.


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