Bratko Kreft
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Bratko Kreft (Maribor, 11 February 1905 – 17 July 1996, Ljubljana) was an Slovenian playwright, writer, literary and theater historian and director.
Biography
He grew up in Prlekija. He studied Slavic Studies in Vienna and Ljubljana. In Ljubljana he also studied comparative literature and literary theory. Among other things, he was the editor and secretary of Kosovel's "Mladina", the artistic director and director of "Delavski oder" in Ljubljana, and the director of the National Theater in Ljubljana. He was a professor of contemporary Russian literature at the Faculty of Arts and a corresponding member of Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (JAZU). He received the Prešeren Award three times.
Works
As a playwright, Kreft preferred topics from Slovenian history. Rather than individual fates, he was interested in the relationships between social classes.
Among his major plays are:
- Celjski grofje
- Kreature
- Velika puntarija
- Kranjski komedijanti
- Tugomer
- Balada o poročniku in Marjutki
- V ječi življenja.
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- 1905 births
- 1996 deaths
- Slovenian people of German descent
- Slovenian dramatists and playwrights
- Slovenian theatre directors
- Slovenian historians
- University of Vienna alumni
- University of Ljubljana alumni
- Slovenian editors
- University of Ljubljana faculty
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century historians
- People from Maribor
