Feri Lainšček

Feri Lainšček (born 5 October 1959) is a Slovenian writer, poet, and screenwriter.[1]

Feri Lainšček

Early life

He was born Franc Lainšček in a Slovene Lutheran family in the village of Dolenci (part of Šalovci), in northeastern Slovenia, then part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He studied journalism at the University of Ljubljana. In the 1980s, he worked as a speaker at Radio Ljubljana.[2] Since the 1990s, he has been living and working in the town of Murska Sobota in his native Prekmurje region.

Work

In 2007, he wrote the screenplay for the film Rooster's Breakfast, the most successful Slovenian film to date.[3] The screenplay of the film is based on one of Lainšček's novels.[4]

In the parliamentary elections of 2008, Lainšček ran for the Slovenian National Assembly for the social liberal party Zares.[5]

Lainšček has also created works in Prekmurje Slovene, professed a Prekmurje identity, and claimed that the Prekmurje dialect is a distinct language. [6][7][8]

References
  1. Študentska založba publishing house site
  2. Slovene Writers Association site Archived 16 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Republic of Slovenia Government Communication Office Archived 6 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Rooster's Breakfast film official site
  5. Slovenian Press Agency site
  6. Porabje, Časopis Slovencev na Madžarskem 8. junija, 2009. 5. pg.
  7. Karlo Vratarič: Prekmurje je še vedno podrejeno in zapostavljeno
  8. Domanja rejč, Monošter 19 November 2010. Založba Franc-Franc


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