Alojz Ihan

{{short description|Slovenian doctor and writer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|07|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ljubljana, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)

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| occupation = Doctor, microbiologist, immunologist, poet and writer

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| notableworks = Srebrnik, Južno dekle, Državljanski eseji

| awards = {{Awd|Prešeren Foundation Award|1987|for Srebrnik}}{{Awd|Jenko Award|1996|for Južno dekle}}{{Awd|Rožanc Award|2013|for Državljanski eseji}}

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Alojz Ihan (born 23 July 1961) is a doctor, specialist in medical microbiology and immunology from Slovenia. Beside his medical profession he is also a poet, writer, essayist and editor.[http://www.imi.si/ihan/ihan University of Ljubljana Medical Faculty, Institute for Microbiology and Immunology]

Ihan was born in Ljubljana in 1961 and studied at the Medical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana. He works at the University's Institute for Microbiology and Immunology. He is also known for his poetry and regularly publishes essays and oppinons in Slovene newspapers and journals.{{cite web |url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/217/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=sl |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129094019/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/217/detail.html |archive-date=29 January 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }} He received the Prešeren Foundation Award for his poetry collection Srebrnik (Silver Coin) in 1987[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/3_Nagrade_Presernovega_sklada_1962-2012.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and in 1996 won the Jenko Award for his poetry collection Južno dekle (Southern Girl).{{Cite web |url=https://lic.ned.univie.ac.at/en/node/20253 |title=University of Vienna site, Literatur im Kontext |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127225139/https://lic.ned.univie.ac.at/en/node/20253 |archive-date=27 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

In 2013, he won the prestigious Rožanc Award for his book Civic Essays (Državljanski eseji).{{Cite web |url=https://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/rozanceva-nagrada-alojzu-ihanu-za-drzavljanske-eseje/318026|title=Multimedia Center of the Slovenian Public Broadcast |access-date=18 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }} The book however received a mixed reception, with some critics denouncing its populist tone and weak arguments.Luka Lisjak Gabrijelčič, "Anatomija neke dekadence - Državljanski eseji Alojza Ihana". In Razpotja No. 14 (2013), pp. 77-80