Tadej Golob Explained

Tadej Golob
Birth Date:1967
Birth Place:Maribor, Slovenia
Occupation:Writer, mountaineer
Nationality:Slovenian
Notableworks:Zlati Zob, Jezero

Tadej Golob (born 1967) is a Slovene mountaineer and writer.

Golob was born in Maribor in 1967 and grew up in the small town of Lenart v Slovenskih goricah in northeastern Slovenia. He moved to Ljubljana to study journalism but never completed his studies. He worked as a contributor to various magazines, but is known in Slovenia chiefly as an alpine climber.[1]

In 2010 Golob won the Kresnik Award for best novel with his debut novel Slovenian: Svinjske nogice (Pigs' Legs).[2] It is a witty story of an aspiring comics artist looking for inspiration, trying to make ends meet and coping on the margin with a non-existent career, his family and society. The title refers to the lead character's attempt to master the art of tattooing by practicing on pigs' legs.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.literature-in-flux.eu/english/participants/tadej-golob/ Literature in Flux site
  2. http://www.delo.si/clanek/110929 The Kresnik Award for Tadej Golob, [Delo] 23.06.2010 (in Slovene)
  3. Web site: Story of Wannabe Artist Wins Novel of the Year. Press Release from Slovenian Government Communication Office, Ljubljana, 24 June 2010. Thezaurus, Slovenian language and cultural resources. 10 November 2011. dead. https://archive.today/20120912110955/http://www.thezaurus.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16324. 12 September 2012. dmy-all.
  4. http://www.topworldbooks.com/detail.aspx?s=22255 Top of The World, mountaineering and polar books site