birth_place awards notableworks birth_date image article_title name occupation
ljubljana in slovenia -rrb- , socialist federal republic of yugoslavia -lrb- now levstik prešeren foundation award 1995 for pes z atlantide '' and award '' rum in šah 1986 for morska dežela na železniški postaji morska , rum in šah , leteča ladja , maščevanje male dežela ostrige na železniški postaji , pes z atlantide 05 october 1945 mate dolenc.jpg mate dolenc
 mate dolenc writer and translator
mate dolenc

mate dolenc -lrb- born 5 october 1945 -rrb- is a slovene writer and translator .
he writes novels , collections of short stories , children 's books , travelogues and articles .
dolenc was born in ljubljana in 1945 .
he started studying comparative literature at the university of ljubljana but never completed his studies .
he worked at mladina for a few years in the early 1970s .
since 1973 he works as a free-lance writer .
he has written over thirty books , several screenplays and numerous articles .
he is also known for his juvenile fiction .
his passion for scuba diving is often reflected in the subject matter he chooses for his writing .
the adriatic and its islands have marked many of his books both for adult and young readers .
in 2008 his two most successful novels `` the gorjanci vampire '' and `` the sea at the time of the eclipse '' were made into feature films .
in 1986 he won the levstik award for his novel for young readers `` morska dežela na železniški postaji '' -lrb- the land of sea at the railway station -rrb- .
in 1995 he won the prešeren foundation award for his novel `` pes z atlantide '' -lrb- the dog from atlantis -rrb- and his collection of short stories `` rum in šah '' -lrb- rum and chess -rrb- .
