Veno Taufer

Veno Taufer
Taufer in 2012
Taufer in 2012
Born(1933-02-19)19 February 1933
Ljubljana, Drava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died20 May 2023(2023-05-20) (aged 90)
Topolšica, Slovenia
Occupation
  • Poet
  • playwright
  • essayist

Venčeslav "Veno" Taufer (19 February 1933 – 20 May 2023) was a Slovenian poet, essayist, translator and playwright. Under the Communist regime, he was a driving force behind alternative cultural and intellectual projects in Socialist Slovenia, which challenged the cultural policies of the Titoist system. During the Slovenian Spring (1988–1990), he actively participated in the efforts for the democratization and independence of Slovenia.[1]

  1. ^ (14 July 2011). Stari sloni, do zadnjega diha na okopih, Dnevnik (Slovenia) (in Slovenian)