Slovenian writer, playwright, journalist and politician
Peter Božič (30 December 1932 – 10 July 2009) was a Slovenian writer, playwright, journalist and politician. He is renowned for his modernist novels in which he described the horrors of World War II, and for the literary depictions of lower classes.[1]
In the late 1950s, he started collaborating with the so-called
Titoist
regime. In the 1960s, he returned to Ljubljana, where he lived as a freelance writer and later as a journalist. He frequently interchanged years in isolation and years of public activity.
In the early 1990s, after downfall of the
social liberal party Zares. In 2009 he proposed that a street in Ljubljana be named after the Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito.[6]
He died in Ljubljana at the age of 77.
Work
Božič's early writings reflect the author's interest in
He is best known for his literary depictions of lower urban classes, and individuals living at the edges of society. His novels are frequently set in amidst urban poverty. His most famous novel, 'The Death of Father Vincent' (Očeta Vincenca smrt), in which he described his childhood experiences of war and exile, is considered as one of the best literary descriptions of World War Two in
