Andrej Hieng
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.
Andrej Hieng
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- Name
- Andrej Hieng
- Born
- 17 February 1925
- Birthplace
- Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Slovenia
- Died
- 17 January 2000
- Place of death
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Occupation
- Writer, playwright, theatre director
- Nationality
- Slovenia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Fields
- literature · theatre · drama
- Education
- University of Ljubljana
- Honours
- Prešeren Award · Župančič Award · Kresnik Award
- Languages
- Slovene
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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.
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Andrej Hieng (1925–2000) was a director, dramaturge and film director, among other activities and a national of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The director was born and died in Ljubljana.
Andrej Hieng studied at University of Ljubljana. The director was a member of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Andrej Hieng was active in drama, literature and theatre.
Languages used include Slovene. The director received Kresnik Award, Prešeren Award and Župančič Award.
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Biography
Biography
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.
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Key facts
• Name — Andrej Hieng • Born — 17 February 1925 • Birthplace — Ljubljana, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now in Slovenia • Died — 17 January 2000 • Place of death — Ljubljana, Slovenia • Occupation — Writer, playwright, theatre director • Notable Works — Čarodej, Obnebje metuljev, Čudežni feliks
List of works
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
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)
Identity
Identity
Andrej Hieng is recorded with the occupation theatre director. Recorded as writer, playwright, dramaturge, director and screenwriter.
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2000
Andrej Hieng died on 17 January 2000.
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- 1.Helga Glušič, Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996)
- 2.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of Prešeren Foundation Awards recipients
- 3.Slovenian Ministry of Culture, complete list of the Grand Prešeren Awards recipients
- 4.DSP Slovene Writers' Association. Slovene Writers' Association site. Slovene writers' portal: Kresnik Award.
- 5.Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts site, list of deceased members (in Slovene)
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