Tone Partljič

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| caption = Partljič in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|8|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Maribor, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)

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| occupation = writer, playwright, screenwriter, politician

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| notableworks = Moj ata, socialistični kulak; Hotel sem prijeti sonce

| awards = {{Awd|Prešeren Award|2016|lifetime achievement}}

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Tone Partljič (born 5 August 1940) is a Slovene writer, playwright and politician. Between 1990 and 2004 he was a member of the Slovenian National Assembly, from 1994 as a member of the LDS party. He was also president of the Slovene Writers' Association between 1983 and 1987.{{cite web |url=http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/470/detail.html |title=Slovene Writers' Association site |language=Slovenian |work=Slovene writers' portal |publisher=DSP Slovene Writers' Association |accessdate=25 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128022447/http://www.drustvo-dsp.si/si/pisatelji/470/detail.html# |archive-date=28 January 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Early life and education

Partljič was born in Maribor and grew up in Pesnica pri Mariboru. He studied in Maribor and graduated in Slovene and English language in 1965 and worked as a teacher and then as a dramaturge and artistic director at the Slovene National Theatre and the Ljubljana City Theatre. In 1980 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award for his satirical comedies.[http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/Presernovega_sklada_1962-2011.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} In 2016, he was given the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian award in the field of artistic creation, for lifetime achievement.{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/news-in-english/grand-preseren-award-to-humourist-tone-partljic-and-composer-ivo-petric/385281 |title=Grand Prešeren Award to humourist Tone Partljič and composer Ivo Petrić |publisher=MMC RTV Slovenija |date=7 February 2016}}

Career

= Literary and Theatrical Work =

Partljič began his career as a writer and playwright in the 1960s. His works are characterized by humor, satire, and a deep understanding of human nature, which resonated with Slovenian audiences.{{Cite web |title=PARTLJIČ, Tone |url=https://www.obrazislovenskihpokrajin.si/oseba/partljic-tone/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Obrazi slovenskih pokrajin |language=sl-SI}} His early plays such as Moj ata, socialistični kulak ("My Dad, the Socialist Kulak"){{Cite web |date=2021-11-30 |title=My Dad, the Socialist Kulak (Moj ata, socialisticni kulak) 1987 in English Online |url=https://easterneuropeanmovies.com/comedy/my-dad-the-socialist-kulak |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Eastern European Movies on English Online |language=en}} and Kdo vam je pa to delo ("Who Gave You This Work?"){{Cite web |title=Hvala vam, bogovi, za te blodnje : [ljudje, kraji, dogodki v mojem življenju] – Dobre knjige |url=https://www.dobreknjige.si/knjige/hvala-vam-bogovi-za-te-blodnje-ljudje-kraji-dogodki-v-mojem-zivljenju/ |access-date=2024-08-29 |language=sl-SI}} became significant in Slovenian theatre for their witty critique of societal norms and political life.{{Cite web |title=Theatre Traditions and Heritage in Slovenia |url=https://www.culture.si/en/Theatre_Traditions_and_Heritage_in_Slovenia |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Culture of Slovenia |language=en}}

Partljič's body of work includes more than 40 plays, numerous short stories, novels, and screenplays.