The Roman Empress' Vineyard, Nocturne for Primorska, Matins for Slovenia, Maranathà or the Year 999, The Snake Flower, Tomorrow across the Jordan, In the Wind of Sybil The Shadow Dance Jacques Maritain: The Bearer of Sense
Notable awards
Prešeren Award 1995 for his literary work Acerbi Prize 1997 Nel vento della Sibilla Kresnik Award 2005 A Nocturne for Primorska
Rebula was born in the ethnically Slovene village of San Pelagio (Slovene: Šempolaj) near Duino, in what was then the Kingdom of Italy. Because of the anti-SlavicItalianization policies of the Fascist regime, Rebula could not have an education in his native language. He attended Italian-language schools, where he became acquainted with Italian culture and literature. He went to the gymnasium of Gorizia and later the lyceum in Udine, which he graduated from in 1944. After the end of World War II, he moved to Yugoslavia. He studied classical philology at the University in Ljubljana, from where he graduated in 1949. In 1951, he moved back to Italy because of the pressures of the Communist regime.[1] In 1956, he was banned from entering Yugoslavia because of his political opposition to the Communist system. In 1960 Rebula obtained his PhD from the University of Rome with the thesis Dante's Divine Comedy in Slovene Translations.[3] The same year the authorities prohibited him from entering Yugoslavia for a second time, because he had publicly protested in Trieste newspapers against the suppression of the publication of the novel Listina (The Document) by Edvard Kocbek in Slovenia.[1]
In the 1960s Rebula settled in Trieste, where he worked as a teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek at secondary schools with Slovene as the language of instruction. He also engaged in cultural work with the local Slovene community.
Together with Boris Pahor, he edited the journal Zaliv (The Bay), founded to promote political and cultural pluralism and the values of western democracy. He was also co-editor of the literary journals Sidro (Anchor), Tokovi (Currents) and Most (Bridge).[3]
In 1975, Pahor and Rebula published a book interview entitled Edvard Kocbek: Pričevalec našega časa (Edvard Kocbek: Witness of Our Time), in which Rebula condemned the summary killings of 12,000 members of Slovene anti-communist militia in May and June 1945, perpetrated by the Communist authorities. The book created a scandal in Yugoslavia[1] and both Pahor and Rebula were banned from entering Yugoslavia for several years.[4]
After the democratization and independence of Slovenia in 1990 and 1991, Rebula worked as a columnist for several Catholic journals and magazines in Slovenia. He lived and worked in his native village in the Italian part of the Karst region. Rebula died on October 23, 2018, at the age of 94.[2]
Work
Rebula published numerous collections of essays, diaries, novels, plays, short prose, and other works that have been translated into a number of foreign languages. The prominent Slovene author and intellectual Andrej Capuder stated that Rebula's work "is the best we Slovenes can show to the world today." The terms that best define Rebula are antiquity, Christianity and Slovenehood or, as he stated himself: "Ancestral Karst ordered two tyrannical loves: on an ancient raft you shall cleave the Slovene sea!"[1]
His source of inspirations mostly came from the historical, cultural, and natural world of the Slovenian Littoral, although he also wrote a novel on the life of the missionary Frederick Baraga. He reflects on the fate of a small nation and on the more general issues of the human condition. His prose is lyrical and reflexive. He is renowned for his diaries and essays. Alongside the philosopher Milan Komar (whose works were prohibited in Slovenia until the late 1980s), Rebula was one of the first Slovene authors who wrote extensively about the philosophy of Jacques Maritain, whom Rebula sees as one of his most important "spiritual fathers".[5]
Rebula was awarded several prizes for his writing.[9] In 1969 he received the Prešeren Fund Award, the so-called "small" Prešeren award, for the novel V Sibilnem vetru (In Sybil’s Wind). In 1995 he received the Prešeren Award, the highest Slovenian prize for cultural achievements, for artistic achievement for his life's work. In 1997 he was awarded the Acerbi Prize for his novel In Sybil’s Wind in the Italian translation, and in 2005 the Kresnik Award for A Nocturne for the Littoral, which the jury voted the best Slovene novel of the year.
Rebula died on October 23, 2018 at the age of 94.[2]
List of works
Prose
Devinski sholar, novel, (The Duino Scholar, 1954)
Vinograd rimske cesarice , short stories, (Vineyard of the Roman Empress, 1956)
Klic v Sredozemlje, novel, (A Call to the Mediterranean, 1957)
Senčni ples novel, (Shadow Dance, (1960)
V Sibilinem vetru novel, (In Sybil's Wind, 1968)
Divji golob novel, (Wild Dove, 1972)
Zeleno izgnanstvo novel, (Green Exile, 1981)
Jutri čez Jordan novel, (Tomorrow over the River Jordan, 1988)
Kačja roža novel, (Snake Flower, 1994)
Maranathà ali Leto 999 novel, (Maranathà or the Year 999, 1996)
Cesta s cipreso in zvezdo novel, (The Road with the Cypress and the Star, 1998)
Jutranjice za Slovenijo novel, (Matins for Slovenia, 2000)
Nokturno za Primorsko novel, (Nocturne for the Littoral, 2004)
Plays
Savlov demon, six plays with a religious theme, (Saul's Demon, 1985)
Operacija Timava, two acts, (The Timava Operation, 1993)
References
^ abcde. Literature in Context. Archived from the original on 2006-12-16. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
^ abcU., V. "FOTO:Umrl je Alojz Rebula". Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ abHelga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996)
^Boris Pahor, Ta ocean strašnó odprt (Ljubljana: Slovenska matica, 1989)
^Alojz Rebula, Jacques Maritain: človek in mislec (Ljubljana: Naše tromostovje, 1981)
^Ajshil: Sedmerica proti Tebam, translated by Alojz Rebula, Založba Litera, ISBN961-6422-83-9
Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ISBN961-6186-21-3
Jasna Fakin; et al. (August 2004). (PDF). The Municipality of Komen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-06.
External links
Katoliški intelektualec: pisatelj Alojz Rebula 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine. Interviewed by Bernard Nežmah. Mladina. Published on 2004-02-24. Retrieved on 2008-04-05. (in Slovene)
(interview with Alojz Rebula). Ognjišče, July 2004. Retrieved on 2008-04-05. (in Slovene)
February 28, 2023
alojz, rebula, june, 1924, october, 2018, slovene, writer, playwright, essayist, translator, prominent, member, slovene, minority, italy, lived, worked, villa, opicina, province, trieste, italy, member, slovenian, academy, sciences, arts, 2007born, 1924, june,. Alojz Rebula June 21 1924 October 23 2018 was a Slovene writer playwright essayist and translator and a prominent member of the Slovene minority in Italy He lived and worked in Villa Opicina in the Province of Trieste Italy 1 He was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts 2 Alojz RebulaAlojz Rebula in 2007Born 1924 06 21 June 21 1924San Pelagio Kingdom of ItalyDiedOctober 23 2018 2018 10 23 aged 94 Topolsica SloveniaOccupationWriter playwright essayistNationalitySlovenianNotable worksThe Roman Empress Vineyard Nocturne for Primorska Matins for Slovenia Maranatha or the Year 999 The Snake Flower Tomorrow across the Jordan In the Wind of Sybil The Shadow Dance Jacques Maritain The Bearer of SenseNotable awardsPreseren Award 1995 for his literary work Acerbi Prize 1997 Nel vento della Sibilla Kresnik Award 2005 A Nocturne for PrimorskaSpouseZora Tavcar writer m 1951 2018 his death ChildrenAlenka Rebula Tuta poet Contents 1 Life 2 Work 3 List of works 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksLife EditRebula was born in the ethnically Slovene village of San Pelagio Slovene Sempolaj near Duino in what was then the Kingdom of Italy Because of the anti Slavic Italianization policies of the Fascist regime Rebula could not have an education in his native language He attended Italian language schools where he became acquainted with Italian culture and literature He went to the gymnasium of Gorizia and later the lyceum in Udine which he graduated from in 1944 After the end of World War II he moved to Yugoslavia He studied classical philology at the University in Ljubljana from where he graduated in 1949 In 1951 he moved back to Italy because of the pressures of the Communist regime 1 In 1956 he was banned from entering Yugoslavia because of his political opposition to the Communist system In 1960 Rebula obtained his PhD from the University of Rome with the thesis Dante s Divine Comedy in Slovene Translations 3 The same year the authorities prohibited him from entering Yugoslavia for a second time because he had publicly protested in Trieste newspapers against the suppression of the publication of the novel Listina The Document by Edvard Kocbek in Slovenia 1 In the 1960s Rebula settled in Trieste where he worked as a teacher of Latin and Ancient Greek at secondary schools with Slovene as the language of instruction He also engaged in cultural work with the local Slovene community Together with Boris Pahor he edited the journal Zaliv The Bay founded to promote political and cultural pluralism and the values of western democracy He was also co editor of the literary journals Sidro Anchor Tokovi Currents and Most Bridge 3 During this period Rebula re embraced Catholicism after having turned to vitalist agnosticism in his teenage years due partially to the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche and Slovene modernist authors such as Oton Zupancic In 1975 Pahor and Rebula published a book interview entitled Edvard Kocbek Pricevalec nasega casa Edvard Kocbek Witness of Our Time in which Rebula condemned the summary killings of 12 000 members of Slovene anti communist militia in May and June 1945 perpetrated by the Communist authorities The book created a scandal in Yugoslavia 1 and both Pahor and Rebula were banned from entering Yugoslavia for several years 4 After the democratization and independence of Slovenia in 1990 and 1991 Rebula worked as a columnist for several Catholic journals and magazines in Slovenia He lived and worked in his native village in the Italian part of the Karst region Rebula died on October 23 2018 at the age of 94 2 Work EditRebula published numerous collections of essays diaries novels plays short prose and other works that have been translated into a number of foreign languages The prominent Slovene author and intellectual Andrej Capuder stated that Rebula s work is the best we Slovenes can show to the world today The terms that best define Rebula are antiquity Christianity and Slovenehood or as he stated himself Ancestral Karst ordered two tyrannical loves on an ancient raft you shall cleave the Slovene sea 1 His source of inspirations mostly came from the historical cultural and natural world of the Slovenian Littoral although he also wrote a novel on the life of the missionary Frederick Baraga He reflects on the fate of a small nation and on the more general issues of the human condition His prose is lyrical and reflexive He is renowned for his diaries and essays Alongside the philosopher Milan Komar whose works were prohibited in Slovenia until the late 1980s Rebula was one of the first Slovene authors who wrote extensively about the philosophy of Jacques Maritain whom Rebula sees as one of his most important spiritual fathers 5 He also translated Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes 6 and Plautus Miles Gloriosus 7 into Slovene as well as Slovene authors such as Kocbek 8 and Levstik into Italian Rebula was awarded several prizes for his writing 9 In 1969 he received the Preseren Fund Award the so called small Preseren award for the novel V Sibilnem vetru In Sybil s Wind In 1995 he received the Preseren Award the highest Slovenian prize for cultural achievements for artistic achievement for his life s work In 1997 he was awarded the Acerbi Prize for his novel In Sybil s Wind in the Italian translation and in 2005 the Kresnik Award for A Nocturne for the Littoral which the jury voted the best Slovene novel of the year Rebula died on October 23 2018 at the age of 94 2 List of works EditProse Devinski sholar novel The Duino Scholar 1954 Vinograd rimske cesarice short stories Vineyard of the Roman Empress 1956 Klic v Sredozemlje novel A Call to the Mediterranean 1957 Sencni ples novel Shadow Dance 1960 V Sibilinem vetru novel In Sybil s Wind 1968 Divji golob novel Wild Dove 1972 Zeleno izgnanstvo novel Green Exile 1981 Jutri cez Jordan novel Tomorrow over the River Jordan 1988 Kacja roza novel Snake Flower 1994 Maranatha ali Leto 999 novel Maranatha or the Year 999 1996 Cesta s cipreso in zvezdo novel The Road with the Cypress and the Star 1998 Jutranjice za Slovenijo novel Matins for Slovenia 2000 Nokturno za Primorsko novel Nocturne for the Littoral 2004 Plays Savlov demon six plays with a religious theme Saul s Demon 1985 Operacija Timava two acts The Timava Operation 1993 References Edit a b c d e Alojz Rebula Literature in Context Archived from the original on 2006 12 16 Retrieved 2008 04 06 a b c U V FOTO Umrl je Alojz Rebula Retrieved 24 October 2018 a b Helga Glusic Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov Ljubljana Presernova druzba 1996 Boris Pahor Ta ocean strasno odprt Ljubljana Slovenska matica 1989 Alojz Rebula Jacques Maritain clovek in mislec Ljubljana Nase tromostovje 1981 Ajshil Sedmerica proti Tebam translated by Alojz Rebula Zalozba Litera ISBN 961 6422 83 9 Titus Maccius Plautus Bahavi vojscak Maribor Zalozba Obzorja 1994 Edvard Kocbek La Compagnia Jaca Book Milano 1975 Republic of Slovenia Government Communication Office Kresnik for Best Novel Goes to Rebula Archived from the original on December 1 2008 Retrieved 2008 04 06 Further reading EditJanko Kos et al Slovenska knjizevnost Cankarjeva zalozba Ljubljana 1982 COBISS 13444353 Lojzka Bratuz Rebulov zbornik ob pisateljevi osemdesetletnici Trieste Mladika Gorizia Goriska Mohorjeva druzba Udine Slavisticno drustvo 2005 ISBN 88 7342 074 5 COBISS 2303468 Helga Glusic Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov Ljubljana Presernova druzba 1996 ISBN 961 6186 21 3 Jasna Fakin et al August 2004 The Karst Between Stanjel and Duino Devin PDF The Municipality of Komen Archived from the original PDF on 2008 04 09 Retrieved 2008 04 06 External links EditKatoliski intelektualec pisatelj Alojz Rebula Archived 2011 09 28 at the Wayback Machine Interviewed by Bernard Nezmah Mladina Published on 2004 02 24 Retrieved on 2008 04 05 in Slovene Gost meseca Alojz Rebula interview with Alojz Rebula Ognjisce July 2004 Retrieved on 2008 04 05 in Slovene Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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