Dušan Šarotar (born 16 April 1968) is a Slovenian writer, essayist, literary critic and editor.[1]

Dušan Šarotar
Born(1968-04-16)16 April 1968
Murska Sobota, Slovenia
OccupationWriter, poet
Notable worksBilliards at the Hotel Dobray

He was born in the town of Murska Sobota in northeastern Slovenia. He studied sociology and philosophy at the University of Ljubljana. He has published several essays and columns in renowned Slovenian journals, such as Mladina, Nova revija, and Sodobnost.[2] His best known novel is Billiards at the Hotel Dobray (Bilijard v Dobrayu), an account of the persecution of Jews in Murska Sobota at the end of the Second World War from the perspective of a Holocaust survivor returning from a concentration camp. The novel, first published in Slovene in 2007, is based on the story of Šarotar's grandfather.

Bibliography

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Prose[3]
  • Potapljanje na dah, The Island of the Dead, novel (1999)
  • Mrtvi kot, The Blind Spot, short stories (2000)
  • Nočitev z zajtrkom, Bed and Breakfast, novel (2003)
  • Biljard v Dobrayu, Billiards at the Hotel Dobray, novel (2007)
  • Nostalgija, Nostalgia, short stories (2010)[4]
  • Ostani z mano, duša moja – Ostani z menov, düša moja, Stay With Me My Soul, novel (2011)[5]
  • Panorama, novel (2014)
Prose Translated into English
Prose Translated into Spanish


Poetry
  • Občutek za veter, poems (co-author Feri Lainšček) (2004)[6]
  • Krajina v molu, poems (2006)
  • Hiša mojega sina, poems (2008)

References

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  1. ^ "Slovene Writers' Association site". Slovene writers' portal (in Slovenian). DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Retrieved 25 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Press, Beletrina Publishing. "Beletrina - beletrina.si". www.studentskazalozba.si.
  3. ^ "Read Central". www.readcentral.org.
  4. ^ "COBISS/OPAC - sl". cobiss4.izum.si.
  5. ^ "COBISS/OPAC". cobiss.izum.si. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Versoteque". www.versoteque.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2013.