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18 september 1990 ljubljana , republic of slovenia , sfr yugoslavia taras kermauner drago jančar aleš debeljak edvard kovač devica of yugoslavia -lrb- now part of ljubljana , slovenia -rrb- marija v polju , drava banovina , kingdom ivan smole edvard kocbek kierkegaard pierre teilhard de chardin miguel de cankar unamuno josé ortega y gasset henry miller honoré de balzac france thomas mann bevk ludvik mrzel albert camus dominik 21 november 1930 marjan rožanc.jpg marjan rožanc
 marjan rožanc writer , essayist , playwright
marjan rožanc

marjan rožanc -lrb- 21 november 1930 -- 18 september 1990 -rrb- was a slovenian author , playwright , and journalist .
he is mostly known for his essays , and is considered one of the foremost essayists in slovene , along with ivan cankar , jože javoršek , and drago jančar , and as a great master of style .
he was born in the village of devica marija v polju -lrb- now part of the polje district , ljubljana -rrb- , slovenia -lrb- then part of the kingdom of yugoslavia -rrb- .
he attended high school during world war two , when the province of ljubljana was part of italy .
after the war , he briefly worked as a manual worker .
in 1950 , he was drafted into the yugoslav people 's army , and he served in požarevac , serbia .
because of his non-comformist attitudes , he was accused of `` hostile propaganda '' against the communist regime and was sentenced to three and a half years in prison .
he was released in 1955 and returned to slovenia .
he settled in maribor , where he started a career as a journalist .
in the early 1950s , he moved back to ljubljana , where he took up a career as a freelance writer and columnist .
he became involved in a circle of young intellectuals known as the critical generation .
he also became a close friend of the christian socialist poet edvard kocbek and the existentialist playwright dominik smole .
later , he grew closer to christian ideals , especially through the influence of christian existentialist thinkers such as søren kierkegaard and miguel de unamuno .
he became a co-editor of the alternative independent literary journal `` perspektive '' and later also the director of the experimental theatre called stage 57 -lrb- `` oder 57 '' -rrb- .
in 1964 , the theatre tried to stage one of rožanc 's critical plays , `` topla greda '' -lrb- the greenhouse -rrb- , but the communist regime violently interrupted the staging .
rožanc established connections with slovene roman catholic intellectuals from trieste -lrb- italy -rrb- , critical towards the yugoslav communist system , and published several articles in the journal `` most '' , edited by boris pahor and alojz rebula .
he was sentenced to two and a half years , but released on parole .
in the 1970s , he worked as a sports manager in ljubljana .
in 1979 , he published his best-known novel , `` ljubezen '' -lrb- love -rrb- , an autobiographical account of the everyday life of a child in ljubljana during world war two .
in the same year , he settled in the karst region in the slovenian littoral , and continued to publish essays and short stories in various slovenian journals .
in 1987 , he was among the authors of the contributions to the slovenian national program .
in 1990 , he actively supported the candidature of jože pučnik as president of slovenia , but he never joined any political party or organization .
he died in ljubljana .
in 1993 , the rožanc award for the best essay in slovene was named after him .
