Vladimir Bartol (24 February 1903 – 12 September 1967) was a Slovene writer, most famous for his novel Alamut. Alamut was published in 1938 and translated into numerous languages, becoming the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world.
Bartol was born on February 24, 1903 in San Giovanni, a suburb of the Austro-Hungarian city Trieste (now in Italy), as the third child of seven children of a middle class Slovene family. His father G...
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Vladimir Bartol (24 February 1903 – 12 September 1967) was a Slovene writer, most famous for his novel Alamut. Alamut was published in 1938 and translated into numerous languages, becoming the most popular work of Slovene literature around the world.
Bartol was born on February 24, 1903 in San Giovanni, a suburb of the Austro-Hungarian city Trieste (now in Italy), as the third child of seven children of a middle class Slovene family. His father Gregor Bartol, was a post office clerk, and his mother Marica Bartol Nadlišek was a teacher, a renowned editor and feminist author. Vladimir's parents offered their children extensive education. His mother introduced him to painting, his father to biology. In his autobiographical short stories, Bartol described himself as an oversensitive and slightly odd child with a rich fantasy life. He was interested in many things: biology and philosophy, psychology, art, as well as theatre and literature. As a scientist, he collected and researched...
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