Aleš Čar (born 6 March 1971) is a Slovene writer, editor and translator. He has published a number of novels and short stories. He works as editor in the culture section of the Slovene daily '' Dnevnik''. Čar was born in

Idrija Idrija (, in older sources ''Zgornja Idrija''; , ) is a town in western Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Idrija. Located in the traditional region of the Slovene Littoral and in the Gorizia Statistical Region, it is notable for it ...

in the

Goriška Goriška () is a historical region in western Slovenia on the border with Italy. It comprises the northern part of the wider traditional region of the Slovenian Littoral (''Primorska''). The name ''Goriška'' is an adjective referring to the city ...

region in western Slovenia in 1971. He studied

comparative literature Comparative literature studies is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across language, linguistic, national, geographic, and discipline, disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role ...

and sociology at the

University of Ljubljana The University of Ljubljana (, , ), abbreviated UL, is the oldest and largest university in Slovenia. It has approximately 38,000 enrolled students. The university has 23 faculties and three art academies with approximately 4,000 teaching and re ...

and works as an editor in

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. For a while he was chief editor of the (now dormant) magazine ''Balkanis'' and hosted a talk show about the arts on Slovene national TV. In 1997 he won Best Debut Novel Award awarded by the Union of Slovenian Publishers and Booksellers for ''Igra angelov in netopirjev'' (When Bats Dance with Angels). His novel ''O znosnosti'' (On Tolerability) was one of the five finalists for the 2012

Kresnik Award Kresnik is a literary award in Slovenia awarded each year for the best novel in Slovene language, Slovene of the previous year. It has been bestowed since 1991 at summer solstice by the national newspaper house Delo (newspaper), Delo. The awards c ...

Published works

* ''Igra angelov in netopirjev'' (When Bats Dance with Angels), novel (1997) * ''Pasji tango'' (Dog's Tango),English excerpt from Dog's Tango on Read Central, Slovenian literature in translation site
/ref> novel (1999) * ''V okvari'' (Out of Service), short stories (2003) * ''Muhe'' (Flies), short stories (2006) * ''Made in Slovenia'', short stories (2007) * ''O znosnosti'' (On Tolerability), novel (2011)

References

Slovenian writers Slovenian translators Living people 1971 births University of Ljubljana alumni People from Idrija Slovenian editors {{slovenia-writer-stub