Tomaž Pengov (29 September 1949 – 10 February 2014) was a

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, 5 February 2011

Life

Pengov was born in

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, Slovenia, then part of the

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. He studied comparative literature at

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's Faculty of Arts.

Work

He recorded his first album '' Odpotovanja'' in 1973. This album is considered to be the first independently released record in

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. It was reissued in 1981 in stereo; the original mono edition is very rare now. Pengov sang and played the

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and

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. His music was lauded by many music critics as being original, and his style was very similar to that of the early

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. He took eight years, from 1980 to 1988, to record his second album, '' Pripovedi'' ("Narratives"), which was released in 1988. It was recorded with guest musicians. The music is still acoustic, but more varied. In the 1990s, he recorded two more albums, '' Rimska cesta'' (Roman road) (1992) and '' Biti tu'' (Being here) (1996). In 2011, he published the

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'' Drevo in zvezda'' (Tree and a star), in which he recites his poems.

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