Evald Flisar


Evald Flisar is a Slovene writer, poet, playwright, editor and translator. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for three consecutive terms between 1995 and 2002 and is editor-in-chief of the literary and cultural magazine Sodobnost.
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Biography

Flisar was born in 1945 in Gerlinci in the Prekmurje region of eastern Slovenia. He attended secondary school in Murska Sobota and studied comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana, English and English literature at Chiswick Polytechnic in London and for a while in Australia. Flisar broke into prominence in 1986, when he published the novel Čarovnikov vajenec. Many of his books are travelogues and he is also an acclaimed playwright. He received the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1993 for his travelogue Popotnik v kraljestvu senc and his plays Kaj pa Leonardo? and Jutri bo lepše. In 2023, Flisar was elected to Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. At that point, he was the most translated living Slovenian writer.

Published works

Poetry

  • ''Symphonia poetica''

Prose

Mrgolenje prahu Umiranje v ogledalu Tisoč in ena pot Južno od severa Lov na lovca Čarovnikov vajenec Noro življenje Popotnik v kraljestvu senc Potovanje predaleč Zgodbe s poti Velika žival samote Ljubezni tri in ena smrt Čaj s kraljico Mogoče nikoli Opazovalec Na zlati obali To nisem jaz: legoroman Dekle, ki bi raje bilo drugje Začarani Odisej Alica v Poteruniji: roman v stripu Tam me boš našel Besede nad oblaki Spogledovanja z dvojnikom: knjiga knjig Zbiralec sanj Greh Poglej skozi okno Moje kraljestvo umira Nevidni ot®ok Trgovec z dušami
  • ''Zbogom sonce''

Prose Translated into English

My Father's Dreams, Istros Books, London 2015.My kingdom is dying, Istros Books, London 2025, translated by David Limon.

Plays

Sodniška zgradba Vojaki ob koncu vojne Kostanjeva krona Ukradena hiša Nimfa umre Jutri bo lepše Kaj pa Leonardo? Naglavisvet Tristan in Izolda: igra o ljubezni in smrti Stric iz Amerike Iztrohnjeno srce Temna stran svetlobe Angleško poletje Sončne pege Padamo, padamo Poslednja nedolžnost Enajsti planet Nora Nora Akvarij Alica v nori deželi
  • ''Antigona zdaj''

Children's literature

Pikpokec postane svetovni prvak
  • ''Alica v nori deželi''