Lado Kralj

Lado Kralj (born 27 March 1938) is a Slovene writer, theatre critic and literary historian. From 1987 to 2005 he worked as a professor in comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana and has published and contributed to numerous books on literature and theatre.

Lado Kralj
Lado Kralj in 2010
Born	(1938-03-27)27 March 1938 Slovenj Gradec, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now in Slovenia)
Occupation	writer, theatre critic, literary critic
Notable works	Kosec koso brusi
Notable awards	Fabula Award 2011 Kosec koso brusi

Kralj was born in Slovenj Gradec in northern Slovenia in 1938. He studied comparative and English literature at the University of Ljubljana where he also got his PhD in 1986. He attended postgraduate study at New York University (1970–1971) and co-founded an experimental theatre group upon his return to Ljubljana. Between 1978 and 1982 her was also artistic director at the Slovene National Theatre in Ljubljana. He worked as a lecturer at the University in Ljubljana until his retirement in 2005.[1]

In 2010 he published his literary debut Kosec koso brusi (The Reaper Sharpenning His Scythe) which won him Best Debut Novel Award awarded by the Union of Slovenian Publishers and Booksellers[2] as well as the 2011 Fabula Award for best collection of short prose in Slovene published within the previous two years.[3]