Emil Filipčič is a Slovene writer

Writer

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, playwright

Playwright

A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...

 and actor

Actor

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. He is known for his novels, short stories and dramas and has also appeared as an actor in numerous theatre productions in Slovenia.

Filipčič was born in Belgrade

Belgrade

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 in 1951. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television

Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television

The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television is an academy of the University of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is the only college and graduate school in Slovenia with a similar curriculum. It is composed of three colleges: the College for Theatre and Radio, the College for Film and...

 in Ljubljana and works as a freelance writer, actor, playwright and director. In 2011 he won the Prešeren Foundation Award

Prešeren Award

Prešeren Award is the highest decoration in the field of artistic and in the past also scientific creation in Slovenia awarded each year to one or two eminent Slovene artists...

 for his novel Problemi (Problems).

Selected works

• Grein Vaun, novel, (1979)
• Kerubini (Cherubins), satirical novel co-written with Branko Gradišnik
  Branko Gradišnik
  Branko Gradišnik is a Slovene writer and translator. He writes short stories and is a well known columnist writing for in the newspaper Delo and other Slovene publications. In 2004 he was also one of the candidates for Mayor of Ljubljana....
  
   under the single pseudonym
  Pseudonym
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   Jožef Paganel
• Kuku, novel, (1985)
• Ervin kralj, novel, (1986)
• X-100, novel, (1988)
• Orangutan, short stories (1992)
• Dobri robotek, short stories (1993)
• Urugvaj 1930, novel, (1993)
• Jesen je, novel, (1995)
• Izlet v naravo, short stories (1997)
• Keopsova piramida
  Keopsova piramida (novel)
  Keopsova piramida is a novel by Slovenian author Emil Filipčič. It was first published in 2005....
  
  , novel, (2005)
• Problemi, novel, (2009)

Plays

• Kegler, drama (1981)
• Ujetniki svobode, drama (1982)
• Altamira, satirical comedy (1982)
• Bolna nevesta , satirical comedy (1984)
• Kako naj odgovorim spoštovanemu tovarišu Francetu Piberniku?, drama (1985)
• Atlantida, drama (1988)
• Božanska tragedija, drama (1989)
• Psiha, comedy (1993)
• Veselja dom, drama (1996)