Boris Pahor

Boris Pahor (born 28 August 1913) was a Slovene writer from Italy. He was considered to be one of the most important authors in the Slovene language and had been nominated for the Nobel prize for literature by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Pahor je bil rojen v Trstu leta 1913. Po dovršeni osnovni šoli je obiskoval katoliško Bogoslovno semenišče Koper (takrat, pod italijansko državo, Capodistria). Leta 1920 je bil priča požigu slovenskega Narodnega doma v Trstu, ki so ga izvedli italijanski fašisti, kot Tržačan pa tudi drugim zločinom, ki so bili storjeni nad v takratni Italiji živečim slovenskim prebivalstvom. V obdobju 2. svetovne vojne se je po propadu Mussolinijeve Italije in nemški okupaciji tržaške pokrajine na partizanski

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