Vlado Žabot

Vlado Žabot (born 11 August 1958) is a Slovene writer and journalist. He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for two terms between 2003 and 2007.

Žabot was born in Šafarsko in eastern Slovenia in 1958. He completed his studies in comparative literature at the University of Ljubljana in 1986 and worked for the Delo newspaper from 1987.

He won the Prešeren Foundation Award in 1996 for his novel ''Pastorala'' and the Kresnik Award for his novel ''Volčje noči'' in 1997. Provided by Wikipedia