Ales Debeljak

ABOUT ALES DEBELJAK

Prolific Slovenian poet, essayist, newspaper columnist, and cultural critic. His well-known works include Twilight of the Idols, Persistence of Modernity, and The Hidden Handshake.

He studied at The University of Ljubljana, Syracuse University, and the University of California-Berkeley. In the early stages of his poetic career, Debeljak won the attention of poet Veno Taufer .

His poetry is notable for its melancholic tone and its reverence for Enlightenment ideals and morality.

He married Erica Johnson, an American-Slovenian writer and translator. While living in Ljubljana, the couple became parents to three children.

His literary contemporary, German author Herta Muller , won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.