Andrej Hieng

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::summary Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director ::

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name	Andrej Hieng
image	Andrej Hieng.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Slovenia
death_date
death_place	Ljubljana, Slovenia
occupation	Writer, playwright, theatre director
notableworks	Čarodej, Obnebje metuljev, Čudežni feliks
awards
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Andrej Hieng (17 February 1925 – 17 January 2000) was a Slovene writer, playwright and theatre director.

Hieng was born in Ljubljana in 1925. He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Ljubljana between 1948 and 1952 and worked as a theatre director in Kranj, Celje and Ljubljana. As well as his plays, he is also known for his novels and short stories.

He received a number of awards including the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1967 for his novel Gozd in pečina, the Grand Prešeren Award in 1988 for his literary and dramatic opus and the Kresnik Award for his novel Čudežni feliks in 1994. In 1995 he was made a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died in Ljubljana in 2000.

List of works

• Novele, short stories, (1954)
• Usodni rob, short stories, (1957)
• Planota, short stories, (1961)
• Gozd in pečina, novel, (1966)
• Orfeum, novel, (1972)
• Čarodej, novel, (1976)
• Obnebje metuljev, novel, (1980)
• Čudežni feliks, novel, (1993)

Plays

• Cortesova vrnitev, drama (1969)
• Burleska o Grku, drama (1969)
• Gluhi mož na meji, drama (1969)
• Osvajalec, drama (1971)
• Lažna Ivana, comedy (1973)
• Izgubljeni sin, comedy (1976)
• Večer ženinov, drama (1979)
• Krvava ptica, comedy (1980)
• Nori malar, comedy (1980)
• Dež v Piranu, drama (1982)
• Zakladi gospe Berte, drama (1983)
• Mark in Antonij, drama (1983)

References

References

1. Helga Glušič, ''Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov'' (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) {{ISBN. 961-6186-21-3
2. [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. (October 2016)
3. [http://www.mk.gov.si/fileadmin/mk.gov.si/pageuploads/Ministrstvo/Podrocja/Preseren/dosedanji_nagrajenci/Presernove_nagrade1947-2011.pdf Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients]{{dead link. (July 2017)
4. "Slovene Writers' Association site". DSP Slovene Writers' Association.
5. [http://www.sazu.si/o-sazu/clani/umrli.html Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts site, list of deceased members (in Slovene)]

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