Vladimir Bartol

Slovenian writer (1903-1967).

Born February 24th, 1903 in Trieste. [ref]

Died September 12th, 1967 at 64 years old in Ljubljana. [ref]

Occupations
essayist, novelist, playwright, writer
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner